--- title: Then he took up his fife and began to play, and the moment he began… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he took up his fife and began to play, and the moment he began to play, everything around him began to dance; the wolves, and the hares, and the foxes, and the bears, nay, the very birds lit down upon the ground and began to dance, and Ivan went on laughing and playing all the time. 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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 (PETER, moment, Ivan), 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:pg29672:23:69 # text = Then he took up his fife and began to play, and the moment he began to play, everything around him began to dance; the wolves, and the hares, and the foxes, and the bears, nay, the very birds lit down upon the ground and began to dance, and Ivan went on laughing and playing all the time. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 fife fife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 18 obj _ _ 21 around around ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hares hare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 nay nay INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 47 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 down down ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 60 on on SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 61 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 advcl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 61 conj _ _ 64 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 66 det:predet _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take up** | past | PETER | PETER's fife | | | then | the wolves *obl*; the hares *obl*; the bears *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | PETER *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | PETER *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **begin** | past | PETER | the moment *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **play** | to-infinitive | PETER *not said here* | everything | | | | around PETER | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | | 6 | **begin** | past | the moment | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **dance** | to-infinitive | the moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **lit down** | participle | | the birds *not said here* | | | | upon the ground | tree rules | | 9 | **begin** | past | PETER *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **dance** | to-infinitive | PETER *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **go** | past | Ivan | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **laugh** | gerund | Ivan *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **play** | gerund | Ivan *not said here* | | | | time | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/70/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)