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title: All the devils ran away into the burning pitch, and got away as fast… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: All the devils ran away into the burning pitch, and got away as fast as they could with all their infernal strength, both the old ones and the young ones; and henceforth they established guards all round the burning pit and issued stern ordinances that the gates be constantly guarded, in order that 
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 13, sentence 36

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All the devils ran away into the burning pitch, and got away as fast as they could with all their infernal strength, both the old ones and the young ones; and henceforth they established guards all round the burning pit and issued stern ordinances that the gates be constantly guarded, in order that the soldier and the nosebag might never draw near.

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**Who acts:** devils, soldier · **What happens:** run away, burn, get away, establish, issue, guard · **To what, where:** burning pitch, old ones, guards, order, gates

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This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (devils, soldier), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:13:36
# text = All the devils ran away into the burning pitch, and got away as fast as they could with all their infernal strength, both the old ones and the young ones; and henceforth they established guards all round the burning pit and issued stern ordinances that the gates be constantly guarded, in order that the soldier and the nosebag might never draw near.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	devils	devil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	23	det:predet	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	infernal	infernal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc:preconj	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
36	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	established	establish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
38	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	_
39	all	all	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
40	round	round	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	43	amod	_	_
43	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	issued	issue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	amod	_	_
46	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	ordinances	ordinance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	_
48	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	obj	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nsubj:pass	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	aux:pass	_	_
52	constantly	constantly	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	guarded	guard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
57	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nsubj	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	nosebag	nosebag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	conj	_	_
63	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
64	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	65	advmod	_	_
65	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	acl	_	_
66	near	near	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | past | all devils |  |  |  |  | into the burning pitch *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into pitch=Result |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get away** | past | all devils *not said here* | the old ones and the young ones |  |  |  | away, fast *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **establish** | past | devils *= devil* | guards |  | order |  | round the burning pit and issued stern ordinances; henceforth *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient |
| 5 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **issue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **guard** | infinitive · passive |  | the gates |  |  |  | issued stern ordinances *obj*; constantly *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **not** **draw** | might | the soldier and the nosebag | order *not said here* |  |  |  | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |

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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.

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**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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