--- title: “Oh, my dear son,” said Christ, “there was a good scent there in the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, my dear son,” said Christ, “there was a good scent there in the one house where folk-songs were being sung; but there was no reverence about the house where they were chanting hymns.” Who acts: Christ, reverence, SONGS. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 37, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/99/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/) / 99 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 37, sentence 99 “Oh, my dear son,” said Christ, “there was a good scent there in the one house where folk-songs were being sung; but there was no reverence about the house where they were chanting hymns.” **Who acts:** Christ, reverence, SONGS · **What happens:** say, be, sing, chant · **To what, where:** good scent, one house, folk songs, hymns · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Christ, reverence, SONGS), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:37:101 # text = “Oh, my dear son,” said Christ, “there was a good scent there in the one house where folk-songs were being sung; but there was no reverence about the house where they were chanting hymns.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 scent scent NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 24 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 28 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 36 about about ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 chanting chant VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 acl _ _ 43 hymns hymn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Christ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Christ *not said here* | a good scent | | the one house; there | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past · passive | | folk songs | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | past | no reverence about the house | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **chant** *in a quote* | past · progressive | SONGS *= song* | hymns | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hymn=Topic | 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:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/100/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/)