--- title: When the poor saw that Iván had arrived with untold wealth, they cro… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the poor saw that Iván had arrived with untold wealth, they crowded to the shore and began to kiss Iván’s hands, his feet, and the hem of his garment; and all present were so joyous that the tears flowed from their eyes. Who acts: poor, Iván, alms, all. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor, Iván, alms, all), 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:pg62509:22:56 # text = When the poor saw that Iván had arrived with untold wealth, they crowded to the shore and began to kiss Iván’s hands, his feet, and the hem of his garment; and all present were so joyous that the tears flowed from their eyes. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 untold untold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 crowded crowd VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hem hem NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 nsubj _ _ 38 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 joyous joyous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the poor | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **arrive** | past · perfect | Iván | | | | | with untold wealth | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **crowd** | past | alms *= alm* | | | | | to the shore | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **begin** | past | alms *= alm* *not said here* | the hem of Iván's garment | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **kiss** | to-infinitive | alms *= alm* *not said here* | Iván's hands and Iván's feet | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | all present | | | | | joyous *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **flow** | past | the tears | | | alms's eyes | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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