--- title: Then the parson saw he was in evil case, and shrieked to his herdsma… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the parson saw he was in evil case, and shrieked to his herdsman to leave off playing; but the herdsman was so wrapped up in his music that he did not hear him; but at last he looked in the direction of the hedge, and when he saw the poor parson skipping about like a lunatic, he stopped. 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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, poor parson), 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:pg29672:23:100 # text = Then the parson saw he was in evil case, and shrieked to his herdsman to leave off playing; but the herdsman was so wrapped up in his music that he did not hear him; but at last he looked in the direction of the hedge, and when he saw the poor parson skipping about like a lunatic, he stopped. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 shrieked shriek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 herdsman herdsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 herdsman herdsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 53 advmod _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 57 skipping skip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 acl _ _ 58 about about ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 59 like like ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 lunatic lunatic NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the parson | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | parson | | | evil case | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shriek** | past | the parson *not said here* | | parson's herdsman | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to herdsman=Recipient | | 4 | **leave off** | to-infinitive | the parson *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **play** | gerund | the parson *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wrap up** | past · passive | | the herdsman | | parson's music | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in music=Destination | | 7 | **not** **hear** | past · do-support | parson | son | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **look** | past | parson | | | | | in the direction of the hedge; at last | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at last=Theme | | 9 | **see** | past | parson | the poor parson | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parson=Stimulus | | 10 | **skip** | gerund | the poor parson *not said here* | | | | | like a lunatic; about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **stop** | past | parson | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/101/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)