--- title: Do not drink the glass to the bottom: if you drink it to the bottom… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Do not drink the glass to the bottom: if you drink it to the bottom no good will befall you; and do not boast of me: do not boast that we built a house together in a single night.” Who acts: you, bottom, we. 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 (you, bottom, we), 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:pg62509:4:72 # text = Do not drink the glass to the bottom: if you drink it to the bottom no good will befall you; and do not boast of me: do not boast that we built a house together in a single night.” 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 no no ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 boast boast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 boast boast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 together together ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **drink** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the glass | | | | to the bottom | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient | | 2 | **drink** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | glass | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **befall** | future | the bottom | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **boast** *speech: other* | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | of me | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **boast** *speech: other* | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **build** | past | we | a house | | | night | together *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Product | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/4/)