--- title: But the old man answered and said: “Oh, Ivánushka, Ivánushka, you ha… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the old man answered and said: “Oh, Ivánushka, Ivánushka, you have had little experience; and I tell you that any single one of these bricks is worth more than all the wares of which the robbers plundered you!” Who acts: old man, you, single one, robbers. 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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, you, single one, robbers), 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:pg62509:21:75 # text = But the old man answered and said: “Oh, Ivánushka, Ivánushka, you have had little experience; and I tell you that any single one of these bricks is worth more than all the wares of which the robbers plundered you!” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 Ivánushka Ivánushka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Ivánushka Ivánushka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 parataxis _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 28 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 35 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 obj _ _ 36 than than ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wares ware NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 plundered plunder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: express* | past | the old man | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man *not said here* | | | | | Ivánushka *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | little experience | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent experience=Patient | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the old man *= man* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | any single one of this bricks | | | | | than all wares; worth *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **plunder** *in a quote* | past | the robbers | you | | | | of all wares | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Source of which=Theme | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/)