Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 13, sentence 36

All the devils ran away into the burning pitch, and got away as fast as they could with all their infernal strength, both the old ones and the young ones; and henceforth they established guards all round the burning pit and issued stern ordinances that the gates be constantly guarded, in order that the soldier and the nosebag might never draw near.

Who acts: devils, soldier · What happens: run away, burn, get away, establish, issue, guard · To what, where: burning pitch, old ones, guards, order, gates

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (devils, soldier), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 devils	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 devils	det
3	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 ran	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 pitch	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pitch	det
8	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 pitch	amod
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 got	cc
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ran	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 got	advmod
14	as	as	ADV	_	15 fast	advmod
15	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 got	advmod
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 could	mark
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 could	nsubj
18	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 fast	advcl
19	with	with	ADP	_	23 strength	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 strength	det:predet
21	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 strength	nmod:poss
22	infernal	infernal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 strength	amod
23	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 could	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 ones	punct
25	both	both	CCONJ	_	28 ones	cc:preconj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 ones	det
27	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 ones	amod
28	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 got	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 ones	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 ones	det
31	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 ones	amod
32	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 ones	conj
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 established	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 established	cc
35	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	_	37 established	advmod
36	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 established	nsubj
37	established	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ran	conj
38	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 established	obj
39	all	all	ADV	_	43 pit	advmod
40	round	round	ADP	_	43 pit	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 pit	det
42	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	43 pit	amod
43	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 established	obl
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 ordinances	cc
45	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 ordinances	amod
46	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 ordinances	amod
47	ordinances	ordinance	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 pit	conj
48	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 guarded	obj
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 gates	det
50	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 guarded	nsubj:pass
51	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	53 guarded	aux:pass
52	constantly	constantly	ADV	_	53 guarded	advmod
53	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 ordinances	acl:relcl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 order	punct
55	in	in	ADP	_	56 order	case
56	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 established	obl
57	that	that	SCONJ	_	65 draw	mark
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 soldier	det
59	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 draw	nsubj
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 nosebag	cc
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 nosebag	det
62	nosebag	nosebag	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 soldier	conj
63	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 draw	aux
64	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	65 draw	advmod
65	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 order	acl
66	near	near	ADV	_	65 draw	advmod
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run away	past	all devils			into the burning pitch result; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into pitch=Result
2	burn	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	get away	past	all devils not said here	the old ones and the young ones		away, fast property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	establish	past	devils = devil	guards	order	round the burning pit and issued stern ordinances; henceforth property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient
5	burn	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	issue	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	guard	infinitive · passive		the gates		issued stern ordinances obj; constantly property	tree rules
8	not draw	might	the soldier and the nosebag	order not said here		near property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme

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.

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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 13, sentence 36

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 13, sentence 36