--- title: Then the rich man began to think: “Lord, I have spent much on corn,… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the rich man began to think: “Lord, I have spent much on corn, and it has all been in vain, and my debtors have all neither ploughed nor sown, and their corn grows of itself. Who acts: rich man, corn, debtors. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 35, with its dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/118/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/) / 118 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 35, sentence 118 Then the rich man began to think: “Lord, I have spent much on corn, and it has all been in vain, and my debtors have all neither ploughed nor sown, and their corn grows of itself. **Who acts:** rich man, corn, debtors · **What happens:** begin, think, spend, be, have, plough · **To what, where:** Lord, corn · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (rich man, corn, debtors), 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:pg62509:35:118 # text = Then the rich man began to think: “Lord, I have spent much on corn, and it has all been in vain, and my debtors have all neither ploughed nor sown, and their corn grows of itself. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl _ _ 15 much much ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 22 all all ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 cop _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 debtors debtor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 31 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 neither neither ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 ploughed plough VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 34 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 35 cc _ _ 35 sown sow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the rich man | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the rich man *not said here* | Lord | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spend** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the rich man *= man* | Lord *not said here* | | | | on corn *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent lord=Asset on corn=Goal | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | corn | | | | | all, vain *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | my debtors | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **plough** *in a quote* | participle | my debtors *not said here* | | | | | all, neither *property* | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sow** *in a quote* | participle | my debtors *not said here* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | debtors's corn | | | | | of corn | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/119/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/)