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title: Suddenly St Peter appeared to him and said, "What art thou doing, go… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Suddenly St Peter appeared to him and said, "What art thou doing, good man?"--"I am pounding up this incense to make bread of it."--"Nay, good man, I will advise thee better: give me the incense and take from me whatever thou wilt."--"Very well, St Peter," said the fool; "thou must give me a little 
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# Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 2, sentence 66

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Suddenly St Peter appeared to him and said, "What art thou doing, good man?"--"I am pounding up this incense to make bread of it."--"Nay, good man, I will advise thee better: give me the incense and take from me whatever thou wilt."--"Very well, St Peter," said the fool; "thou must give me a little fife, but a fife of such a sort that whenever I play upon it, every one will be obliged to dance."--"But dost thou know how to play upon a fife?"--"No, but I can soon learn."

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**Who acts:** St, Ivan, good man, St Peter, thou · **What happens:** appear, say, do, pound up, make, advise · **To what, where:** fife, Ivan, good man, incense, bread, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Two Princes, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (St, Ivan, good man, St Peter), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29672:23:66
# text = Suddenly St Peter appeared to him and said, "What art thou doing, good man?"--"I am pounding up this incense to make bread of it."--"Nay, good man, I will advise thee better: give me the incense and take from me whatever thou wilt."--"Very well, St Peter," said the fool; "thou must give me a little fife, but a fife of such a sort that whenever I play upon it, every one will be obliged to dance."--"But dost thou know how to play upon a fife?"--"No, but I can soon learn."
1	Suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	St	St	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
12	art	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
13	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	obj	_	_
14	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	pounding	pound	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
25	up	up	ADP	RP	_	24	compound:prt	_	_
26	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
27	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
30	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	Nay	nay	INTJ	UH	_	40	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
39	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
42	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	advise	advise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
45	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	44	obj	_	_
46	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	44	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
48	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	parataxis	_	_
49	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	48	iobj	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	conj	_	_
54	from	from	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	53	obl	_	_
56	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	53	obj	_	_
57	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	58	nsubj	_	_
58	wilt	will	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	56	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
64	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	70	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	St	St	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	compound	_	_
67	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	67	punct	_	_
70	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
74	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	77	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	77	nsubj	_	_
76	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	77	aux	_	_
77	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
78	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	77	iobj	_	_
79	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
80	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	_
81	fife	fife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	_
83	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	85	cc	_	_
84	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
85	fife	fife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
86	of	of	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
87	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	89	det:predet	_	_
88	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
89	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	nmod	_	_
90	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	93	obj	_	_
91	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	93	advmod	_	_
92	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	93	nsubj	_	_
93	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	89	acl:relcl	_	_
94	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
95	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	93	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
96	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	101	punct	_	_
97	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	98	det	_	_
98	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	101	nsubj:pass	_	_
99	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	101	aux	_	_
100	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	101	aux:pass	_	_
101	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
102	to	to	PART	TO	_	103	mark	_	_
103	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	101	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
104	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	109	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
107	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	108	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	109	cc	_	_
109	dost	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
110	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	109	obj	_	_
111	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	109	xcomp	_	_
112	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	114	advmod	_	_
113	to	to	PART	TO	_	114	mark	_	_
114	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	111	ccomp	_	_
115	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	117	case	_	_
116	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	117	det	_	_
117	fife	fife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	114	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
118	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	109	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
119	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	109	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
120	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	122	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
121	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	122	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
122	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
123	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	128	punct	_	_
124	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	128	cc	_	_
125	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	128	nsubj	_	_
126	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	128	aux	_	_
127	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	128	advmod	_	_
128	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
129	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	128	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
130	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	128	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | St | a fife of such sort | Ivan |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | St *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | St *not said here* | good man |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality |
| 4 | **pound up** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Ivan | this incense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incense=Product |
| 5 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ivan *not said here* | bread of incense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bread=Product |
| 6 | **advise** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | good man | thee |  |  |  | good *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient |
| 7 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the incense | Ivan |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient incense=Theme |
| 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | whatever |  |  |  | from Ivan | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme from i=Initial\_Location |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | St Peter | the fool |  |  |  | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fool=Topic |
| 10 | **give** *in a quote* | must | thou | a little fife | St Peter *= peter* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient fife=Theme |
| 11 | **play** *in a quote* | present | St Peter *= peter* | such sort |  |  |  | upon FIFE; whenever *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 12 | **oblige** *in a quote* | future · passive |  | every one |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 13 | **dance** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 14 | **do** *in a quote* | present |  | thou |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 15 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 16 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | upon a fife | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 17 | **learn** *in a quote* | can | Ivan |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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