--- title: This all suited the dog very well, and he ate his fill, and he said,… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This all suited the dog very well, and he ate his fill, and he said, “May God grant health to the bear who did not let me die of hunger!” and he became the bear’s best friend. Who acts: This, peasant, God, bear. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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 (This, peasant, God, bear), 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:pg62509:3:75 # text = This all suited the dog very well, and he ate his fill, and he said, “May God grant health to the bear who did not let me die of hunger!” and he became the bear’s best friend. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 suited suit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 fill fill NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 May may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 amod _ _ 44 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suit** | past | This | the dog | | | | all, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | past | peasant | peasant's fill | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | peasant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **grant** *in a quote* | may | God | health | | | | to the bear *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent health=Theme to bear=Goal | | 5 | **not** **let** *in a quote* | past · do-support | the bear | peasant | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **die** *in a quote* | infinitive | peasant *not said here* | | | | | of hunger | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of hunger=Causer | | 7 | **become** | past | peasant | the bear's best friend | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/3/)