--- title: The old man carried on trade prosperously and profitably; and one da… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The old man carried on trade prosperously and profitably; and one day he said: “Ivánushka, your trade does not altogether suit me; for you trade in tobacco, and God loves not smoking, nor does He love tobacconists. Who acts: old man, trade, you, God. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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 (old man, trade, you, God), 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:pg62509:21:59 # text = The old man carried on trade prosperously and profitably; and one day he said: “Ivánushka, your trade does not altogether suit me; for you trade in tobacco, and God loves not smoking, nor does He love tobacconists. 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 15 nsubj _ _ 4 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 prosperously prosperously ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 profitably profitably ADV RB _ 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Ivánushka Ivánushka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 suit suit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 trade trade VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 tobacco tobacco NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 smoking smoke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 43 cc _ _ 41 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 44 tobacconists tobacconist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | participle | | the old man *not said here* | | trade | | prosperously *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | | | day | man *nsubj*; Ivánushka *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **suit** *in a quote* | present · do-support | your trade | the old man *= man* | | | | altogether *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **trade** *in a quote* | present | you | | | tobacco | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **love** *in a quote* | present | God | Ivánushka *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ivánushka=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **smoke** *in a quote* | gerund | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **love** *in a quote* | present · do-support | man | tobacconists | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tobacconist=Stimulus | | 8 | **trade** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/)