--- title: All the executioners came up with their saws, axes, clubs, and wante… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All the executioners came up with their saws, axes, clubs, and wanted to break his bones, put him on the rack, burn him at the stake, and were devising any means of getting the book out of his hand. Who acts: executioners, any. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 25, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/25/33/) [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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/25/) / 33 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 25, sentence 33 All the executioners came up with their saws, axes, clubs, and wanted to break his bones, put him on the rack, burn him at the stake, and were devising any means of getting the book out of his hand. **Who acts:** executioners, any · **What happens:** come up, want, break, put, burn, devise · **To what, where:** bones, soldier, rack, stake, book, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (executioners, any), 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:pg62509:25:33 # text = All the executioners came up with their saws, axes, clubs, and wanted to break his bones, put him on the rack, burn him at the stake, and were devising any means of getting the book out of his hand. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 executioners executioner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 saws saw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 axes ax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 clubs club NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 rack rack NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 devising devise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 csubj _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 nsubj _ _ 37 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 ccomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | past | all executioners | | | | | with executioners's saws and axes and clubs | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **want** | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **break** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | soldier's bones | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | | soldier | | the rack | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on rack=Destination | | 5 | **burn** | infinitive | | soldier | | the stake | | | tree rules | | 6 | **devise** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mean** | present | any | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **get** | gerund | | the book | | soldier's hand | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/25/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/25/34/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/25/)