--- title: They then locked themselves up in the huts, tied the princess down o… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They then locked themselves up in the huts, tied the princess down on the big table, cut her up with the curved sabre into little bits, put them all into the cauldron, washed them, and rinsed them out. Who acts: doctors. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 12, with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/40/) [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 Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/) / 40 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 12, sentence 40 They then locked themselves up in the huts, tied the princess down on the big table, cut her up with the curved sabre into little bits, put them all into the cauldron, washed them, and rinsed them out. **Who acts:** doctors · **What happens:** lock up, tie down, cut up, curve, put, wash · **To what, where:** doctors, huts, princess, little bits, cauldron This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (doctors), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:12:40 # text = They then locked themselves up in the huts, tied the princess down on the big table, cut her up with the curved sabre into little bits, put them all into the cauldron, washed them, and rinsed them out. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 huts hut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 curved curve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 sabre sabre NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 nmod:unmarked _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 rinsed rinse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock up** | past | doctors *= doctor* | doctors *= doctor* | | the huts | then | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 2 | **tie down** | past | doctors *= doctor* *not said here* | the princess | | | | on the big table | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent princess=Patient on table=Co-Patient | | 3 | **cut up** | infinitive | | princess | | | | into little bits *result*; with the curved sabre | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with sabre=Instrument into bit=Result | | 4 | **curve** | participle | | | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | | doctors *= doctor* | | the cauldron | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | | 6 | **wash** | past | doctors *= doctor* *not said here* | doctors *= doctor* | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 7 | **rinse out** | past | doctors *= doctor* *not said here* | doctors *= doctor* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/12/)