diff --git a/pynlpl/formats/folia.py b/pynlpl/formats/folia.py
index f6f09f27..2b0083da 100644
--- a/pynlpl/formats/folia.py
+++ b/pynlpl/formats/folia.py
@@ -2576,7 +2576,10 @@ def parsexml(Class, node, doc, **kwargs): #pylint: disable=bad-classmethod-argum
 
         for subnode in node: #pylint: disable=too-many-nested-blocks
             #don't trip over comments
-            if not isinstance(subnode, ElementTree._Comment): #pylint: disable=protected-access
+            if isinstance(subnode, ElementTree._Comment): #pylint: disable=protected-access
+                if (Class.TEXTCONTAINER or Class.PHONCONTAINER) and subnode.tail:
+                    args.append(subnode.tail)
+            else:
                 if subnode.tag.startswith('{' + NSFOLIA + '}'):
                     if doc.debug >= 1: print("[PyNLPl FoLiA DEBUG] Processing subnode " + subnode.tag[nslen:],file=stderr)
                     try: