--- title: Then the peasant told him the bare truth—how Sorrow had followed on… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the peasant told him the bare truth—how Sorrow had followed on his heels and how he and his Sorrow had gone into the inn, and he had drunk away all his goods and chattels to the last shred, until he had only his soul left in his body; and then how Sorrow had showed him the treasure-trove in the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/59/) [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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/) / 59 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 36, sentence 59 Then the peasant told him the bare truth—how Sorrow had followed on his heels and how he and his Sorrow had gone into the inn, and he had drunk away all his goods and chattels to the last shred, until he had only his soul left in his body; and then how Sorrow had showed him the treasure-trove in the field, and he had thus freed himself from the thraldom of Sorrow. **Who acts:** peasant, soul, Sorrow, brother · **What happens:** tell, follow, go, drink away, have, leave · **To what, where:** bare truth, brother, Sorrow, heels, inn, goods · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (peasant, soul, Sorrow, brother), 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:pg62509:36:59 # text = Then the peasant told him the bare truth—how Sorrow had followed on his heels and how he and his Sorrow had gone into the inn, and he had drunk away all his goods and chattels to the last shred, until he had only his soul left in his body; and then how Sorrow had showed him the treasure-trove in the field, and he had thus freed himself from the thraldom of Sorrow. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 — - PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 Sorrow Sorrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 32 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 chattels chattel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 shred shred NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 until until SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 47 only only ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 56 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 59 advmod _ _ 57 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 58 Sorrow Sorrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 60 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 iobj _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 63 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 trove trove NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 72 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 73 thus thus ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 74 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 conj _ _ 75 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 74 obj _ _ 76 from from ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 thraldom thraldom NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 80 Sorrow Sorrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the peasant | the bare truth | brother | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient truth=Topic | | 2 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive | | Sorrow | | brother's heels | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on heel=Trajectory | | 3 | **go** | past · perfect | peasant | | | the inn | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into inn=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **drink away** | past · perfect | peasant | brother's goods and chattels | | | | to the last shred; away *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | peasant | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | past | brother's soul | | | | | in brother's body *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in body=Result | | 7 | **have** | past | Sorrow | | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **show** | past | | the treasure trove | brother | the field | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient trove=Topic | | 9 | **free** | past · perfect · passive | | peasant | | the thraldom of Sorrow | | brother *obj*; thus *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **sorrow** | | brother | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/36/)