--- title: “I don’t quite understand this: I put too little malt into it, so I… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I don’t quite understand this: I put too little malt into it, so I will add some more,” the rich man thought, and he ordered his workmen to put five more sacks into the well. Who acts: rich man, man, workmen. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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, man, workmen), 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:pg62509:35:84 # text = “I don’t quite understand this: I put too little malt into it, so I will add some more,” the rich man thought, and he ordered his workmen to put five more sacks into the well. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 malt malt NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 add add VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 workmen workman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 37 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 amod _ _ 39 sacks sack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **understand** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the rich man *= man* | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **put** *in a quote* | past | the rich man *= man* | little malt | | well | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent malt=Goal | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | the rich man *= man* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the rich man | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **order** | past | man | man's workmen | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent workman=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man's workmen *not said here* | five more sacks | | the well | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent sack=Goal | 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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