--- title: Whether he went far or near, whether he took long or short, anyhow h… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Whether he went far or near, whether he took long or short, anyhow he went to the fair, sold his hay, bought the fairings, gave his one daughter the scarlet nankin, the other the red cloth for a sarafan and the Fool a silver saucer and a crystal apple. Who acts: peasant, other. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (peasant, other), 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:pg62509:5:121 # text = Whether he went far or near, whether he took long or short, anyhow he went to the fair, sold his hay, bought the fairings, gave his one daughter the scarlet nankin, the other the red cloth for a sarafan and the Fool a silver saucer and a crystal apple. 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 near near ADV RB _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 anyhow anyhow SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 fairings fairing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 iobj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 scarlet scarlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 nankin nankin NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 nsubj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sarafan sarafan NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 saucer saucer NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | peasant | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | peasant | | | | | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | peasant | | | the fair | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fair=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **sell** | past | peasant *not said here* | peasant's hay | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Theme | | 5 | **buy** | past | | the fairings | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairing=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | | the scarlet nankin and the Fool a silver saucer and a crystal apple | peasant's one daughter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient nankin=Theme | | 7 | **cloth** | | the other | | | | | for a sarafan | tree rules | 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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