--- title: Then you are to answer, ‘I am beating you for this reason: let me se… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then you are to answer, ‘I am beating you for this reason: let me see the Swan,[9] the fair maiden; let her body glint through her wings, and through her body let her bones appear, and from bone to bone let the marrow run like a flowing string of pearls.’” Who acts: you, I, me, body. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, I, me, body), 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:pg62509:4:43 # text = Then you are to answer, ‘I am beating you for this reason: let me see the Swan,[9] the fair maiden; let her body glint through her wings, and through her body let her bones appear, and from bone to bone let the marrow run like a flowing string of pearls.’” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 answer answer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 glint glint NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 through through ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 through through SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 marrow marrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 xcomp _ _ 55 like like ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 58 amod _ _ 58 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | | then | answer *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beat** | present · progressive | I | you | | | | for this reason | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=Theme | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | me *not said here* | the Swan | | | | 9 *obl*; the fair maiden *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | body glint | Yúda | Yúda's wings | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient glint=Theme | | 6 | **let** | past | Yúda's body | Yúda | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **appear** | present | bones | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | the marrow | | bone to bone | | | tree rules | | 9 | **run** | present | the marrow *not said here* | | | | | like a flowing string of pearls | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **flow** | gerund | | | | | | | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/)