--- title: The parson there took a fancy to him, and said to him, "Good man! wi… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The parson there took a fancy to him, and said to him, "Good man! wilt enter my service?"--"That will I, gladly," said Ivan.--"How much wages dost thou want by the year then?"--"It won't come dear; five _karbovantsya_[27] are all I ask."--"Good, I agree," said the parson. 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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, Good man, I, much), 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:pg29672:23:80 # text = The parson there took a fancy to him, and said to him, "Good man! wilt enter my service?"--"That will I, gladly," said Ivan.--"How much wages dost thou want by the year then?"--"It won't come dear; five _karbovantsya_[27] are all I ask."--"Good, I agree," said the parson. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ! ! PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 19 wilt will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 40 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wages wage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 44 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ? ? PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 55 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 57 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 59 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 karbovantsya karbovantsya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 62 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 27 27 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 61 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 61 punct _ _ 66 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 67 all all ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 68 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 -- -- PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 " " PUNCT `` _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 76 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 77 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 74 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 " " PUNCT '' _ 74 punct _ _ 80 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 parson parson NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the parson | a fancy | Ivan | there | | five *obl* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent fancy=Theme to he=be' clause=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the parson *not said here* | | Ivan | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **enter** *in a quote* | future | Good man | my service | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme service=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | gladly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wage** *in a quote* | present | much | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | thou | | | | then; year | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | future | service | | | | | dear *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ivan | | | | | all, ask *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **agree** *speech: agree* *in a quote* | present | Ivan | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the parson | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **service** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom service «act 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: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/81/) - ↑ back to [The Two Princes, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/23/)