--- title: “Here, this looks bad,” thought St. Nicholas, and instantly went to… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Here, this looks bad,” thought St. Nicholas, and instantly went to see the peasant, and said: “See to it; when you start threshing, never take more than a sheaf at a time on the threshing-floor.” Who acts: this, Nicholas, 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 (this, Nicholas, 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:pg62509:26:72 # text = “Here, this looks bad,” thought St. Nicholas, and instantly went to see the peasant, and said: “See to it; when you start threshing, never take more than a sheaf at a time on the threshing-floor.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:desc _ _ 11 Nicholas Nicholas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 32 threshing thresh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 36 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 39 advmod _ _ 37 than than ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sheaf sheaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 threshing threshing NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** *in a quote* | present | this | | | here | | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Nicholas St. | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | Nicholas St. *not said here* | | | | | instantly *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | Nicholas St. *not said here* | the peasant | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peasant=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nicholas St. *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | rick | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **start** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **thresh** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a sheaf | | the threshing floor | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sheaf=Theme on floor=Destination | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/26/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/26/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/26/)