--- title: Two weeks later he and his wife went to see, and they found that the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Two weeks later he and his wife went to see, and they found that there were children born of the eggs, and they looked again and they found that forty of the children were fine, strong and healthy, and there was one who was a weakling. Who acts: house, man, children, one. 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Afanas'ev, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (house, man, children, one), 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:pg62509:7:11 # text = Two weeks later he and his wife went to see, and they found that there were children born of the eggs, and they looked again and they found that forty of the children were fine, strong and healthy, and there was one who was a weakling. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 19 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 healthy healthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 45 expl _ _ 45 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 46 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nsubj _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 weakling weakling NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | house | | | | | late *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | house *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **find** | past | man | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | children | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bear** | participle | | children *not said here* | | | | of the eggs | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **look** | past | man | | | | again | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **find** | past | man | forty of the children | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forty=Topic | | 8 | **is** | past | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **be** | past | one | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **is a** | past | | a weakling | | | | who *nsubj* | 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. 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/7/)