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title: “_Bátyushka_,”[50] she said, “you would not then believe my words, a… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: “_Bátyushka_,”[50] she said, “you would not then believe my words, and now you have acknowledged yourself that it is possible to be guilty without guilt.” Who acts: Bátyushka, you, it, my. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 33, with its dependency tree and the pragm
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 33, sentence 104

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“\_Bátyushka\_,”\[50\] she said, “you would not then believe my words, and now you have acknowledged yourself that it is possible to be guilty without guilt.”

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**Who acts:** Bátyushka, you, it, my · **What happens:** say, not believe, acknowledge, be, word · **To what, where:** words, yourself · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bátyushka, you, it, my), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:33:104
# text = “_Bátyushka_,”[50] she said, “you would not then believe my words, and now you have acknowledged yourself that it is possible to be guilty without guilt.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bátyushka	Bátyushka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
19	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
23	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	_
24	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	_
27	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	26	obj	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
31	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	advcl	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	cop	_	_
34	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	csubj	_	_
35	without	without	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Bátyushka |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | would | you | my words |  |  | then |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 3 | **acknowledge** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | yourself |  |  | now |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Topic |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | without guilt; guilty *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **word** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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