--- title: He stayed in his country, stayed there until he was satisfied, and t… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He stayed in his country, stayed there until he was satisfied, and then with his money returned to the imperial service: he served his term, went on the retired list, and then lived out his life, living happily, loving the good things and shunning the ill. Who acts: peasant. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (peasant), 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:pg62509:3:36 # text = He stayed in his country, stayed there until he was satisfied, and then with his money returned to the imperial service: he served his term, went on the retired list, and then lived out his life, living happily, loving the good things and shunning the ill. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 until until SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 retired retired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 44 happily happily ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 loving love VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 shunning shun VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | peasant | | | peasant's country | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | | 2 | **stay** | past | peasant *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | peasant | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **return** | participle | | peasant's money *not said here* | | | | to the imperial service *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to service=Result | | 5 | **serve** | past | peasant | peasant's term | | | then | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Attribute | | 6 | **go** | past | peasant *not said here* | | | the retired list | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on list=Location | | 7 | **live out** | past | peasant *not said here* | peasant's life | | | then | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location | | 8 | **live** | gerund | peasant *not said here* | | | | | happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **love** | gerund | peasant *not said here* | the good things | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 10 | **shun** | gerund | peasant *not said here* | the ill | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent ill=Location | | 11 | **term** | | peasant | | | | | | nom term «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/)