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title: And he could not get through, but had to summon for the harvesting a… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: And he could not get through, but had to summon for the harvesting all the husbandmen, and to give half of his corn away; and all the peasants were astonished at the poor man, for he had not sown his land, but had scattered the seeds in the winter and his corn had been splendid. Who acts: folk, corn
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 35, sentence 111

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And he could not get through, but had to summon for the harvesting all the husbandmen, and to give half of his corn away; and all the peasants were astonished at the poor man, for he had not sown his land, but had scattered the seeds in the winter and his corn had been splendid.

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**Who acts:** folk, corn · **What happens:** not get through, have, summon, harvest, give, astonish · **To what, where:** husbandmen, half, peasants, land, seeds

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (folk, corn), 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:pg62509:35:111
# text = And he could not get through, but had to summon for the harvesting all the husbandmen, and to give half of his corn away; and all the peasants were astonished at the poor man, for he had not sown his land, but had scattered the seeds in the winter and his corn had been splendid.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	harvesting	harvest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	husbandmen	husbandman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
22	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	21	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	away	away	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
29	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	31	det:predet	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	peasants	peasant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	astonished	astonish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
34	at	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
40	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
41	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	43	advmod	_	_
43	sown	sow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	conj	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	conj	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obj	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
56	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
58	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
59	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	60	cop	_	_
60	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get through** | could | folk |  |  |  |  | through *property* | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | past | folk *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **summon** | to-infinitive | folk *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **harvest** | gerund | folk *not said here* | all husbandmen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | folk *not said here* | half of folk's corn |  |  |  | away *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme |
| 6 | **astonish** | past · passive |  | all peasants |  |  |  | at the poor man | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 7 | **not** **sow** | past · perfect | folk | folk's land |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
| 8 | **scatter** | past · perfect |  | the seeds |  |  | winter |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seed=Theme |
| 9 | **is** | past · perfect | folk's corn |  |  |  |  | splendid *property* | tree rules |

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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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