--- title: The parson's wife sat down on the bench to listen to him while he pl… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The parson's wife sat down on the bench to listen to him while he played; but immediately she leaped up from the bench and began to dance, and she danced with such hearty good-will that the place became too small for her. Who acts: wife, parson, place. 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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 (wife, parson, place), 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:pg29672:23:112 # text = The parson's wife sat down on the bench to listen to him while he played; but immediately she leaped up from the bench and began to dance, and she danced with such hearty good-will that the place became too small for her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 while while SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 hearty hearty NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 44 too too ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | the parson's wife | | | the bench | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location | | 2 | **listen** | to-infinitive | the parson's wife *not said here* | | parson | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | | 3 | **play** | past | parson | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **leap up** | past | wife | | | the bench | | immediately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from bench=Trajectory | | 5 | **begin** | past | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **dance** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **dance** | past | wife | | | | | with such hearty | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **become** | past | the place | | | | | small *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/113/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)