--- title: He went into the rich man’s _izbá_,[52] bowed down, besought him by… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He went into the rich man’s _izbá_,[52] bowed down, besought him by his name and his father’s name, and asked him for the loan of three pecks of malt, as he wanted to brew beer for the festival. Who acts: man, father. 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 (man, father), 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:pg62509:35:31 # text = He went into the rich man’s _izbá_,[52] bowed down, besought him by his name and his father’s name, and asked him for the loan of three pecks of malt, as he wanted to brew beer for the festival. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 izbá izbá NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 52 52 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 15 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 loan loan NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 pecks peck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 malt malt NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 brew brew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 festival festival NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | man | 52 | | the rich man's izbá | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into izbá=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **bow down** | participle | | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **beseech** | past | man *not said here* | man | | | | by man's name and man's father's name | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | man | | | for the loan of three pecks of malt | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **want** | past | man | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **brew** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | beer | | | | for the festival | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent beer=Product for festival=Beneficiary | | 7 | **name** | | man | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **name** | | man's father | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **loan** | | | three pecks of malt | | | | | nom loan «possession transitive»: of=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/35/)