--- title: The man could not stand this, so he cried, "Out of the drum, my henc… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The man could not stand this, so he cried, "Out of the drum, my henchmen! and give the accursed Jews a sound drubbing, that they may know better than to take in honest folk!" and immediately the twelve henchmen leaped out of the drum and began thwacking the Jews finely.--"Oh, oh!" roared the Jews; " --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/127/) [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/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/) / 127 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Story of the Wind, sentence 127 The man could not stand this, so he cried, "Out of the drum, my henchmen! and give the accursed Jews a sound drubbing, that they may know better than to take in honest folk!" and immediately the twelve henchmen leaped out of the drum and began thwacking the Jews finely.--"Oh, oh!" roared the Jews; "oh, dear, darling, good man, we'll give thee whatever thou dost want, only leave off beating us! **Who acts:** man, henchmen, twelve henchmen, we, thou · **What happens:** not stand, cry, give, accurs, know, take in · **To what, where:** this, drum, sound drubbing, accursed Jews, honest folk, Jews · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, henchmen, twelve henchmen, we), 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:pg29672:3:127 # text = The man could not stand this, so he cried, "Out of the drum, my henchmen! and give the accursed Jews a sound drubbing, that they may know better than to take in honest folk!" and immediately the twelve henchmen leaped out of the drum and began thwacking the Jews finely.--"Oh, oh!" roared the Jews; "oh, dear, darling, good man, we'll give thee whatever thou dost want, only leave off beating us! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 henchmen henchman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 drubbing drubbing NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 34 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 35 than than SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 in in ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 henchmen henchman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 49 out out ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 55 thwacking thwack VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 xcomp _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 58 finely finely ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 -- -- PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 67 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 64 oh oh INTJ UH _ 62 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ! ! PUNCT . _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 " " PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ 67 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 Jews Jew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ; ; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 71 " " PUNCT `` _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 oh oh INTJ UH _ 74 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 74 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 76 darling darling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 78 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 81 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 83 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 83 aux _ _ 83 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 84 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 83 iobj _ _ 85 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 87 obj _ _ 86 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 87 nsubj _ _ 87 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 83 parataxis _ _ 88 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 87 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 89 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 90 only only ADV RB _ 91 advmod _ _ 91 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 92 off off ADP RP _ 91 compound:prt _ _ 93 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 91 advcl _ _ 94 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 93 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stand** | could | the man | this | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | man | | | the drum and my henchmen | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out drum=Location | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | the man *not said here* | a sound drubbing | the accursed Jews | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent jew=Recipient drubbing=Theme | | 4 | **accurs** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | may | henchmen *= henchman* | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **take in** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | henchmen *= henchman* *not said here* | honest folk | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent folk=Theme | | 7 | **leap out** | past | the twelve henchmen | the drum | | | | immediately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme drum=Trajectory | | 8 | **begin** | past | the twelve henchmen *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **thwack** | gerund | the twelve henchmen *not said here* | the Jews | | | | finely *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jew=Patient | | 10 | **roar** | past | the man *not said here* | the Jews | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **give** *in a quote* | future | we | | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 12 | **do** *in a quote* | present | thou | whatever | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **want** *in a quote* | present | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 14 | **leave off** *in a quote* | infinitive | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 15 | **beat** *in a quote* | gerund | the man *not said here* | us | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location we=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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/128/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)