--- title: At this the King was very angry, and wanted to have his wife blown t… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At this the King was very angry, and wanted to have his wife blown to bits at the cannon’s mouth; but—it so happened—some other princes were on a visit, and persuaded him to forgive a first offence. Who acts: it, other princes, visit, King. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Open --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/60/) [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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/) / 60 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 32, sentence 60 At this the King was very angry, and wanted to have his wife blown to bits at the cannon’s mouth; but—it so happened—some other princes were on a visit, and persuaded him to forgive a first offence. **Who acts:** it, other princes, visit, King · **What happens:** be, want, have, blow, happen, persuade · **To what, where:** wife, bits, mouth, visit, King, first offence This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, other princes, visit, King), 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:pg62509:32:60 # text = At this the King was very angry, and wanted to have his wife blown to bits at the cannon’s mouth; but—it so happened—some other princes were on a visit, and persuaded him to forgive a first offence. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cannon cannon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 — - PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 45 amod _ _ 45 offence offence NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | at the King this; angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | King's wife | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 4 | **blow** | participle | | King's wife *not said here* | bits | the cannon's mouth | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to bit=Recipient | | 5 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | some other princes | | | a visit | | | tree rules | | 7 | **persuade** | past | a visit *not said here* | King | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | | 8 | **forgive** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | a first offence | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offence=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 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/)