--- title: So the peasant set to threshing, and he got six gallons out of every… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the peasant set to threshing, and he got six gallons out of every sheaf; all his granaries and lofts were full up with rye, and still there was much left over; he built new storehouses, and filled them full to the flush. Who acts: peasant set, set, granaries. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (peasant set, set, granaries), 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:pg62509:26:73 # text = So the peasant set to threshing, and he got six gallons out of every sheaf; all his granaries and lofts were full up with rye, and still there was much left over; he built new storehouses, and filled them full to the flush. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 peasant peasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 to to SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 threshing thresh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 gallons gallon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 sheaf sheaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 granaries granary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 lofts loft NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 rye rye NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 still still ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 much much ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 35 over over ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 storehouses storehouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 flush flush NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thresh** | gerund | the peasant set | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | set | six gallons | | every sheaf | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gallon=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | set's granaries and lofts | | | | | with rye; full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **leave over** | past · passive | set's granaries and lofts *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **build** | past | set | new storehouses | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storehouse=Product | | 6 | **fill** | past | set *not said here* | gallons *= gallon* | | | | full *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/26/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/26/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/26/)