Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 33
All the executioners came up with their saws, axes, clubs, and wanted to break his bones, put him on the rack, burn him at the stake, and were devising any means of getting the book out of his hand.
Who acts: executioners, any · What happens: come up, want, break, put, burn, devise · To what, where: bones, soldier, rack, stake, book, hand · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (executioners, any), 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 executioners | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 executioners | det |
| 3 | executioners | executioner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 saws | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 saws | nmod:poss |
| 8 | saws | saw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 came | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 axes | punct |
| 10 | axes | ax | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 saws | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 clubs | punct |
| 12 | clubs | club | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 saws | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 wanted | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 wanted | cc |
| 15 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | parataxis |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 break | mark |
| 17 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 wanted | xcomp |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 bones | nmod:poss |
| 19 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 break | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 put | punct |
| 21 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 break | conj |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 put | obj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 rack | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 rack | det |
| 25 | rack | rack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 put | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 burn | punct |
| 27 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 break | conj |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 burn | obj |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 31 stake | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 stake | det |
| 31 | stake | stake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 burn | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 devising | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 devising | cc |
| 34 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 devising | aux |
| 35 | devising | devise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 means | csubj |
| 36 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 37 means | nsubj |
| 37 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 wanted | parataxis |
| 38 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 39 getting | mark |
| 39 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 means | ccomp |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 book | det |
| 41 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 getting | obj |
| 42 | out | out | ADP | _ | 45 hand | case |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 hand | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 hand | nmod:poss |
| 45 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 getting | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come up | past | all executioners | with executioners's saws and axes and clubs | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | want | past | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | break not said to happen | to-infinitive | soldier's bones | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient | |||||
| 4 | put | infinitive | soldier | the rack | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on rack=Destination | ||||
| 5 | burn | infinitive | soldier | the stake | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | devise | past · progressive | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | mean | present | any | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | get | gerund | the book | soldier's hand | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus |
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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