--- title: Mark the Rich returned home; and was very wroth at seeing his new so… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Mark the Rich returned home; and was very wroth at seeing his new son-in-law, and said: “In the evening go to my distillery and look after the work”; whilst he secretly told the men to hunt him into the burning cauldron as soon as ever he appeared. Who acts: Mark. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mark), 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:pg62509:8:121 # text = Mark the Rich returned home; and was very wroth at seeing his new son-in-law, and said: “In the evening go to my distillery and look after the work”; whilst he secretly told the men to hunt him into the burning cauldron as soon as ever he appeared. 1 Mark Mark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Rich Rich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 wroth wroth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 at at SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 In in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 28 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 distillery distillery NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 after after ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 amod _ _ 51 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 as as ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 54 as as SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 57 advmod _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Mark | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Mark *not said here* | | | | | wroth *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | gerund | Mark *not said here* | MARK's new son | | law | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | my distillery | evening | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to distillery=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | after the work | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | MARK | | the men | | | secretly, soon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **hunt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | MARK | | the burning cauldron | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **appear** | past | MARK | | | | ever | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/8/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/8/122/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/8/)