--- title: The old woman followed him and wheedled, but he still insisted: “You… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The old woman followed him and wheedled, but he still insisted: “You bring your children, take their liver out and brains, and give them me for supper; otherwise I will have nothing to do with you.” Who acts: old woman, head, You. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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 (old woman, head, You), 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:pg62509:7:115 # text = The old woman followed him and wheedled, but he still insisted: “You bring your children, take their liver out and brains, and give them me for supper; otherwise I will have nothing to do with you.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wheedled wheedle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 still still ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 out out ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | the old woman | head | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wheedle** | past | the old woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | head | | | | still | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | present | You | | your children | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination | | 5 | **take out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | children's liver | | | | brains *conj*; out *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liver=Theme | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | head | | | for supper; children *= child* *iobj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Recipient i=Theme for supper=Asset | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | future | head | nothing | | | | otherwise *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | head *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | with you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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