--- title: But no! the Soldier stuck on tight, and thumped her over the head li… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: But no! the Soldier stuck on tight, and thumped her over the head like anything with the aspen cudgel, and went on treating her with a taste of the cudgel until he knocked her off her feet, and then pitched into her as she lay on the ground, gave her another half-dozen blows or so, and at last beat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/85/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collecti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/) / [Magic and Witchcraft., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/) / 85 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 6, sentence 85 But no! the Soldier stuck on tight, and thumped her over the head like anything with the aspen cudgel, and went on treating her with a taste of the cudgel until he knocked her off her feet, and then pitched into her as she lay on the ground, gave her another half-dozen blows or so, and at last beat her to death. **Who acts:** Tprru, mare · **What happens:** stick, thump, go, treat, knock, pitch · **To what, where:** Soldier, tight, head, mare, ground, half dozen blows This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tprru, mare), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg22373:47:85 # text = But no! the Soldier stuck on tight, and thumped her over the head like anything with the aspen cudgel, and went on treating her with a taste of the cudgel until he knocked her off her feet, and then pitched into her as she lay on the ground, gave her another half-dozen blows or so, and at last beat her to death. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 6 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 thumped thump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 like like ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 nmod _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 aspen aspen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 cudgel cudgel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 25 on on SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 treating treat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cudgel cudgel NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 until until SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 off off ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 44 pitched pitch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ _ 56 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 60 det _ _ 57 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 60 nummod _ _ 60 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 so so ADV RB _ 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 obl _ _ 67 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 68 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | participle | | the Soldier *not said here* | | tight | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on tight=Destination | | 2 | **thump** | past | | the Soldier | | the head like anything | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Patient over head=Location | | 3 | **go** | past | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **treat** | gerund | | | mare | | | with a taste of the cudgel | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with taste=Theme | | 5 | **knock** | past | Tprru | mare | | | | off mare's feet | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient off foot=Co-Patient | | 6 | **pitch** | past | | | | | then | into mare | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into she=Destination | | 7 | **lie** | past | mare | | | the ground | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location | | 8 | **give** | past | mare *not said here* | another half dozen blows | mare | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient blow=Theme | | 9 | **beat** | past | | mare | death | last | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to death=Recipient | | 10 | **taste** | | | the cudgel | | | | | nom taste «cognition 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 Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/86/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/47/)