--- title: And when Iván saw this, he said: “You may take all my goods, but I w… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when Iván saw this, he said: “You may take all my goods, but I will not sell my vessel, for therein do I have an old man who is my clerk, and we should not be able to live in the town.” Who acts: Iván, You, old man, we. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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, You, old man, we), 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:pg62509:21:95 # text = And when Iván saw this, he said: “You may take all my goods, but I will not sell my vessel, for therein do I have an old man who is my clerk, and we should not be able to live in the town.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 therein therein ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 advcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Iván | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Iván | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | may | You | my goods | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme | | 4 | **not** **sell** *in a quote* | future | Iván | my vessel | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Iván | a old man | | | | therein *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a old man | my clerk | | | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | should | we | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **live** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | the town | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/96/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/)