--- title: There was once upon a time a parson who had a servant, and when this… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: There was once upon a time a parson who had a servant, and when this servant had served him faithfully for twelve years and upward, he came to the parson and said, "Let us now settle our accounts, master, and pay me what thou owest me. Who acts: parson, thou, our. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (parson, thou, our), 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:pg29672:17:1 # text = There was once upon a time a parson who had a servant, and when this servant had served him faithfully for twelve years and upward, he came to the parson and said, "Let us now settle our accounts, master, and pay me what thou owest me. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 upward upward ADV RB _ 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 settle settle VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 51 obj _ _ 50 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 51 owest owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | | | | there | time | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | a parson | a servant | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient | | 3 | **serve** | past · perfect · passive | | this servant | | | year | faithfully *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | parson | | | | | to the parson | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to parson=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | parson *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 7 | **settle** *in a quote* | present | | our accounts and master | | | now | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme account=Location | | 8 | **pay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | parson | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Asset | | 9 | **owe** *in a quote* | present | thou | parson | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent what=Goal i=Theme | | 10 | **account** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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: [Nobles and Princes\], 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/16/16/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/2/) - ↑ back to [The Iron Wolf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/17/)