--- title: So he took a room, never cut his hair, never shaved, never wiped his… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he took a room, never cut his hair, never shaved, never wiped his nose, never changed his garb, and he lived on and grew wealthy, so wealthy he did not know what to do with his money. Who acts: soldier. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier), 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:pg62509:37:14 # text = So he took a room, never cut his hair, never shaved, never wiped his nose, never changed his garb, and he lived on and grew wealthy, so wealthy he did not know what to do with his money. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 shaved shave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 wiped wipe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 garb garb NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 on on ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 wealthy wealthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 wealthy wealthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | soldier | a room | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 2 | **not** **cut** | past | | soldier's hair | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hair=Product | | 3 | **not** **shave** | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **wipe** | past | soldier *not said here* | soldier's nose | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent nose=Source | | 5 | **not** **change** | past | soldier *not said here* | soldier's garb | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garb=Patient | | 6 | **live on** | past | soldier | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **grow** | past | soldier *not said here* | | | | | wealthy *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | soldier | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with soldier's money; what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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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