--- title: [44] When Peter saw that his father had disappeared and left no trac… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: [44] When Peter saw that his father had disappeared and left no trace behind, he took the matter greatly to heart for a time, he wept for awhile, he had a service performed for the repose of his father's soul, and he began to act as head of the family. Who acts: Peter, father, way, soul. A sentence --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/14/94/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/14/) / 94 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4, sentence 94 \[44\] When Peter saw that his father had disappeared and left no trace behind, he took the matter greatly to heart for a time, he wept for awhile, he had a service performed for the repose of his father's soul, and he began to act as head of the family. **Who acts:** Peter, father, way, soul · **What happens:** see, disappear, leave, take, weep, have · **To what, where:** 44, trace, matter, service This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Chapter I. INTRODUCTORY, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, father, way, soul), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg22373:14:94 # text = [44] When Peter saw that his father had disappeared and left no trace behind, he took the matter greatly to heart for a time, he wept for awhile, he had a service performed for the repose of his father's soul, and he began to act as head of the family. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 44 44 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 behind behind ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 advcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 repose repose NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 as as ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Peter | 44 | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **disappear** | past · perfect | way's father | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past | Peter *not said here* | no trace | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trace=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | way | the matter | | | time | greatly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Theme | | 5 | **weep** | past | way | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | past | way | a service | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Patient | | 7 | **perform** | participle | | a service *not said here* | | | | for the repose of way's father's soul | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for repose=Beneficiary | | 8 | **begin** | past | way | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **act** | to-infinitive | way *not said here* | | | | | as head of the family | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as head=Attribute | | 10 | **repose** | | way's father's soul | | | | | | nom repose «act intransitive»: of=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 Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/14/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/14/95/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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