--- title: “IF ANY MAN CAN DRIVE AWAY THE CROW, WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILD, FROM T… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “IF ANY MAN CAN DRIVE AWAY THE CROW, WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILD, FROM THE ROYAL WINDOWS, THE KING WILL GRANT HIM AS A REWARD HALF OF HIS KINGDOM, AND HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AS WIFE—BUT IF ANY SHALL UNDERTAKE THE WORK AND SHALL NOT FULFIL IT HE SHALL FORFEIT HIS HEAD.” Who acts: MAN, KING, ANY. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (MAN, KING, ANY), 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:pg62509:6:100 # text = “IF ANY MAN CAN DRIVE AWAY THE CROW, WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILD, FROM THE ROYAL WINDOWS, THE KING WILL GRANT HIM AS A REWARD HALF OF HIS KINGDOM, AND HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AS WIFE—BUT IF ANY SHALL UNDERTAKE THE WORK AND SHALL NOT FULFIL IT HE SHALL FORFEIT HIS HEAD.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 IF if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 ANY any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 MAN man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 CAN can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 DRIVE drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 AWAY away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 THE the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 CROW crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 WITH with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 HIS his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 WIFE wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 AND and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 CHILD child NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 FROM from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 THE the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 ROYAL ROYAL PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 WINDOWS window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 THE the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 KING king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 WILL will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 GRANT grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 26 HIM he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 AS as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 REWARD reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 HALF half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 25 obl _ _ 31 OF of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 HIS his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 KINGDOM kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 AND and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 HIS his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 YOUNGEST young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 38 amod _ _ 38 DAUGHTER daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 39 AS as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 WIFE wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 — - PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 BUT but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 43 IF if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 ANY any DET DT PronType=Ind 46 nsubj _ _ 45 SHALL shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 UNDERTAKE undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 advcl _ _ 47 THE the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 WORK work NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 AND and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 SHALL shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 NOT not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 FULFIL fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 53 IT it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 HE he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 SHALL shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 FORFEIT forfeit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 57 HIS his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 HEAD head NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive away** *in a quote* | can | any MAN | the CROW | | the ROYAL WINDOWS | | with man's WIFE and CHILD; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from window=Trajectory | | 2 | **grant** *in a quote* | future | the KING | man | | | | as a REWARD HALF of man's KINGDOM and man's YOUNGEST DAUGHTER as WIFE | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **undertake** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | shall | ANY | the WORK | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **fulfil** *in a quote* | shall | ANY *not said here* | WORK | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **forfeit** *in a quote* | shall | man | man's HEAD | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent head=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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/6/)