Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, Oh: the Tsar of the Forest, sentence 50

Then Oh again tied him to the wood and burnt him and scattered the ashes to the four winds and sprinkled the remnant of the coal with living water, and instead of the loutish clown there stood there such a handsome and stalwart Cossack[3] that the like of him can neither be imagined nor described but only told of in tales.

What happens: tie, burnt, scatter, sprinkle, stand, imagine · To what, where: labourer, ashes, remnant, handsome Cossack · Speech: someone speaks here

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The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 tied	advmod
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	4 tied	discourse
3	again	again	ADV	_	4 tied	advmod
4	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tied	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wood	det
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 burnt	cc
10	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tied	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 burnt	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 scattered	cc
13	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 burnt	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ashes	det
15	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 scattered	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 winds	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 winds	det
18	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 winds	nummod
19	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 scattered	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sprinkled	cc
21	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 burnt	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 remnant	det
23	remnant	remnant	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sprinkled	obj
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 coal	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 coal	det
26	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 remnant	nmod
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 water	case
28	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 water	amod
29	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 coal	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 stood	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 stood	cc
32	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	36 clown	case
33	of	of	ADP	_	32 instead	fixed
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 clown	det
35	loutish	loutish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 clown	amod
36	clown	clown	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 stood	obl
37	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	38 stood	advmod
38	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tied	conj
39	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	38 stood	advmod
40	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	45 Cossack	det:predet
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 Cossack	det
42	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 Cossack	amod
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 stalwart	cc
44	stalwart	stalwart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 handsome	conj
45	Cossack	cossack	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 stood	obl
46	[	[	PUNCT	_	47 3	punct
47	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	45 Cossack	appos
48	]	]	PUNCT	_	47 3	punct
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	57 imagined	mark
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 imagined	det
51	like	like	ADP	_	53 him	case
52	of	of	ADP	_	51 like	fixed
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 the	nmod
54	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 imagined	aux
55	neither	neither	ADV	_	57 imagined	advmod
56	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	57 imagined	aux:pass
57	imagined	imagine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 stood	advcl
58	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	59 described	cc
59	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 imagined	conj
60	but	but	CCONJ	_	62 told	cc
61	only	only	ADV	_	62 told	advmod
62	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 imagined	conj
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 tales	case
64	in	in	ADP	_	65 tales	case
65	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 told	obl
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	labourer		then; again	to the wood	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to wood=Co-Patient
2	burnt	past	labourer				tree rules
3	scatter	past	the ashes			to the four winds	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme
4	sprinkle	past	the remnant of the coal with living water				vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent remnant=Theme
5	stand	past	such handsome Cossack	there; there		instead the loutish clown	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	imagine	can · passive				neither property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»
7	describe	participle					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
8	tell speech: assert	participle				of tales	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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.

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