--- title: But a Bohemian vampire, when staked in this manner in the year 1337,… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: But a Bohemian vampire, when staked in this manner in the year 1337, says Mannhardt,[420] merely exclaimed that the stick would be very useful for keeping off dogs; and a _strigon_ (or Istrian vampire) who was transfixed with a sharp thorn cudgel near Laibach, in 1672, pulled it out of his body and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/115/) [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/) / [Ghost Stories., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/) / 115 # Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Ghost Stories., part 4, sentence 115 But a Bohemian vampire, when staked in this manner in the year 1337, says Mannhardt,\[420\] merely exclaimed that the stick would be very useful for keeping off dogs; and a \_strigon\_ (or Istrian vampire) who was transfixed with a sharp thorn cudgel near Laibach, in 1672, pulled it out of his body and flung it back contemptuously. **Who acts:** Bohemian vampire, Mannhardt, stick, strigon · **What happens:** stake, say, exclaim, be, keep off, transfix · **To what, where:** manner, dogs, Istrian vampire, 1672, stick, body · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Ghost Stories., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bohemian vampire, Mannhardt, stick, strigon), 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:pg22373:54:115 # text = But a Bohemian vampire, when staked in this manner in the year 1337, says Mannhardt,[420] merely exclaimed that the stick would be very useful for keeping off dogs; and a _strigon_ (or Istrian vampire) who was transfixed with a sharp thorn cudgel near Laibach, in 1672, pulled it out of his body and flung it back contemptuously. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Bohemian bohemian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 vampire vampire NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 staked stake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 1337 1337 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 Mannhardt Mannhardt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 420 420 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 22 merely merely ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 strigon strigon NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ _ 41 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 Istrian istrian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 vampire vampire NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 transfixed transfix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 52 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 cudgel cudgel NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 54 near near ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Laibach Laibach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 1672 1672 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 60 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 out out ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 68 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 back back ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 70 contemptuously contemptuously ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stake** | participle | | | | this manner | year | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Bohemian vampire | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Mannhardt | | | | | merely *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | would | the stick | | | | | useful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **keep off** | gerund | the stick *not said here* | dogs | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 6 | **transfix** | past · passive | | Istrian vampire | | 1672 | | with a sharp thorn cudgel near Laibach | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **pull** | past | a strigon or Istrian vampire | stick | | Mannhardt's body | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out body=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **fling back** | past | a strigon or Istrian vampire *not said here* | stick | | | | contemptuously *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/116/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/)