--- title: Ídolishche asked to eat, so they brought him an entire roasted ox an… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Ídolishche asked to eat, so they brought him an entire roasted ox and he ate it to the bones; then Ídolishche asked for drink, so they brought him a cauldron of beer; and twenty men had to bring it in. Who acts: Ídolishche, food, twenty men. 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 (Ídolishche, food, twenty men), 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:pg62509:32:5 # text = Ídolishche asked to eat, so they brought him an entire roasted ox and he ate it to the bones; then Ídolishche asked for drink, so they brought him a cauldron of beer; and twenty men had to bring it in. 1 Ídolishche Ídolishche PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 roasted roast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 Ídolishche Ídolishche PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ídolishche | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ídolishche *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring** | past | food | a entire roasted ox | Ídolishche *= ídolishche* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination ox=Theme | | 4 | **roast** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **eat** | past | Ídolishche *= ídolishche* | ox | | | | to the bones | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ídolishche | | | | then | for drink | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bring** | past | food | a cauldron of beer | Ídolishche *= ídolishche* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination cauldron=Theme | | 8 | **have** | past | twenty men | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bring in** | to-infinitive | twenty men *not said here* | cauldron | | | | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Asset | 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. 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