--- title: Now it so happened that the father of the Little Fool was there, hea… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now it so happened that the father of the Little Fool was there, heard the words of the shepherd, wanted to lay hold of the pipe, when the pipe began singing, “Play on, play on, little pipe: this is my father; console him with my mother. Who acts: it, father, pipe, this. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, father, pipe, this), 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:pg62509:5:148 # text = Now it so happened that the father of the Little Fool was there, heard the words of the shepherd, wanted to lay hold of the pipe, when the pipe began singing, “Play on, play on, little pipe: this is my father; console him with my mother. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Fool Fool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 34 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 on on ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 41 on on ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 51 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the father of the Little Fool | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past | | the words of the shepherd | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 4 | **want** | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **lay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | hold of the pipe | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Result | | 6 | **begin** | past | the pipe | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the pipe *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **play on** *in a quote* | infinitive | the pipe *not said here* | little pipe | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **play on** *in a quote* | infinitive | the pipe *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | my father and console father | | | | with my mother; my *nmod:poss*; console father *conj* | tree rules | | 11 | **word** | | | the shepherd | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **hold** | | | the pipe | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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:** «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 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/147/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/5/)