--- title: “Now,” he said, “for the first time I will let you go for your dough… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Now,” he said, “for the first time I will let you go for your doughtyhood, as you fed me with water; for the second time I will let you go; for the third time, take care: I will tear you to morsels.” Who acts: Iván, you. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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), 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:pg62509:23:125 # text = “Now,” he said, “for the first time I will let you go for your doughtyhood, as you fed me with water; for the second time I will let you go; for the third time, take care: I will tear you to morsels.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 doughtyhood doughtyhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 45 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 morsels morsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Iván | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | future | Iván | you | | | time | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for your doughtyhood | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for doughtyhood=Beneficiary | | 4 | **feed** *in a quote* | past | you | | Iván | | | with water | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | future | Iván | you | | | time | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | care | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 8 | **tear** *in a quote* | future | Iván | you | | | | to morsels *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent you=Patient to morsel=Result | 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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