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title: Iván was very fond of him, and when a new clerk had to be engaged fo… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Iván was very fond of him, and when a new clerk had to be engaged for the new shop, he said to this old man: “Grandfather, I do not know thy hallowed name; I do not know, father, how to call thee; only do not be angry with me, for I have built a new shop, and I have no clerk. Who acts: Iván, new cle
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 55

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Iván was very fond of him, and when a new clerk had to be engaged for the new shop, he said to this old man: “Grandfather, I do not know thy hallowed name; I do not know, father, how to call thee; only do not be angry with me, for I have built a new shop, and I have no clerk.

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**Who acts:** Iván, new clerk, thy · **What happens:** be, have, engage, say, not know, hallow · **To what, where:** old man, hallowed name, thee, new shop, clerk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Iván, new clerk, thy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:21:55
# text = Iván was very fond of him, and when a new clerk had to be engaged for the new shop, he said to this old man: “Grandfather, I do not know thy hallowed name; I do not know, father, how to call thee; only do not be angry with me, for I have built a new shop, and I have no clerk.
1	Iván	Iván	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	xcomp	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
26	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
29	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	Grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
32	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
33	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
34	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	35	advmod	_	_
35	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
36	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	hallowed	hallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	amod	_	_
38	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
41	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	43	advmod	_	_
43	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	49	advmod	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	acl:relcl	_	_
50	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
52	only	only	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
53	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
54	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	56	advmod	_	_
55	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	cop	_	_
56	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
57	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
61	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
62	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
63	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	56	advcl	_	_
64	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
69	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
70	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
71	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	72	det	_	_
72	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Iván |  |  |  |  | of Himself; fond *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | a new clerk |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **engage** | to-infinitive · passive | a new clerk *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the new shop | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V» |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Iván |  | this old man and Grandfather |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient |
| 5 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Iván | thy hallowed name |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
| 6 | **hallow** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Iván |  |  |  |  | father *conj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **call** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Iván *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient |
| 9 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | Iván *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Iván; angry *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **build** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Iván | a new shop |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Product |
| 11 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Iván | no clerk |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clerk=Patient |
| 12 | **name** *in a quote* |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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