--- title: He only meant to joke, but she sprang up, pulled his whiskers and sa… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He only meant to joke, but she sprang up, pulled his whiskers and said, “Go to the stream and wash the shirts, take the broom and sweep the house, then go and sit by the cradle and rock the child, cook the supper and grill and bake the cakes.” Who acts: Tsar, wife. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tsar, wife), 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:pg62509:25:134 # text = He only meant to joke, but she sprang up, pulled his whiskers and said, “Go to the stream and wash the shirts, take the broom and sweep the house, then go and sit by the cradle and rock the child, cook the supper and grill and bake the cakes.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 joke joke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 whiskers whisker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 shirts shirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 broom broom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 sweep sweep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 grill grill NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 bake bake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | Tsar | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **joke** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Tsar *not said here* | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spring up** | past | wife | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pull** | past | wife *not said here* | Tsar's whiskers | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whisker=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tsar *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the stream | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stream=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **wash** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the shirts | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the broom | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broom=Theme | | 9 | **sweep** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the house | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Trajectory | | 10 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | then | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **sit** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the child | | | | by the cradle and rock | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent child=Theme by cradle=Location | | 12 | **cook** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the supper and grill | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent supper=Patient | | 13 | **bake** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the cakes | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product | 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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/25/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/25/134/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/25/)