--- title: The old man at the beginning would very gladly have refused; but aft… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The old man at the beginning would very gladly have refused; but afterwards they agreed, and began to live and dwell together, and Iván, in all things, obeyed the old man, and called him _Bátyushka_. Who acts: alms, Iván. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 21, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/58/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/) / 58 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 58 The old man at the beginning would very gladly have refused; but afterwards they agreed, and began to live and dwell together, and Iván, in all things, obeyed the old man, and called him \_Bátyushka\_. **Who acts:** alms, Iván · **What happens:** refuse, agree, begin, live, dwell, obey · **To what, where:** old man, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (alms, Iván), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:21:58 # text = The old man at the beginning would very gladly have refused; but afterwards they agreed, and began to live and dwell together, and Iván, in all things, obeyed the old man, and called him _Bátyushka_. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 24 together together ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 33 obeyed obey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Bátyushka Bátyushka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | would · perfect · passive | | the old man at the beginning | | | | gladly *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | alms *= alm* | | | | | afterwards *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **begin** | past | alms *= alm* *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **live** | to-infinitive | alms *= alm* *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **dwell** | infinitive | alms *= alm* *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **obey** | past | Iván and all things | the old man | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 7 | **call** | past | alms *= alm* *not said here* | | man | | | Bátyushka *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/59/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/)