--- title: When the tailor saw his ill-fate coming so near him, for they were n… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the tailor saw his ill-fate coming so near him, for they were nearer and nearer, he cried out to the top one: “It is nobody’s fault, only the manx-wolf’s!” Who acts: tailor, ill fate, WOLF, fate. 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 (tailor, ill fate, WOLF, fate), 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:pg62509:5:103 # text = When the tailor saw his ill-fate coming so near him, for they were nearer and nearer, he cried out to the top one: “It is nobody’s fault, only the manx-wolf’s!” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 near near ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 parataxis _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 manx manx NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s ' NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the tailor | TAILOR's ill fate | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | gerund | TAILOR's ill fate *not said here* | | | | | near TAILOR | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | WOLF | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | WOLF *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | TAILOR | | the top one | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | fate | nobody's fault | | | | nobody *nmod:poss*; the wolf ’s *appos* | tree rules | | 7 | **fate** | | TAILOR | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: 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. 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