--- title: Oh! there were no bounds to his fury now; he ordered the hangman in… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Oh! there were no bounds to his fury now; he ordered the hangman in and bade him hang his wife on the spot; but once more some visiting princes overruled him and said: “Would it not be better to put an oratory up near the church and put her into it, and let every one who goes to Mass spit into her e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/66/) [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/) / 66 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 32, sentence 66 Oh! there were no bounds to his fury now; he ordered the hangman in and bade him hang his wife on the spot; but once more some visiting princes overruled him and said: “Would it not be better to put an oratory up near the church and put her into it, and let every one who goes to Mass spit into her eyes?” **Who acts:** bounds, King, visiting princes, it, one · **What happens:** be, order in, bade, hang, visit, overrule · **To what, where:** hangman, King, wife, spot, oratory, church · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (bounds, King, visiting princes, it), 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:pg62509:32:66 # text = Oh! there were no bounds to his fury now; he ordered the hangman in and bade him hang his wife on the spot; but once more some visiting princes overruled him and said: “Would it not be better to put an oratory up near the church and put her into it, and let every one who goes to Mass spit into her eyes?” 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 bounds bound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hangman hangman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 29 advmod _ _ 29 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 31 visiting visit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 amod _ _ 32 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 overruled overrule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 parataxis _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 csubj _ _ 46 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 oratory oratory NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 49 near near ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 60 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 61 det _ _ 61 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 Mass mass ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 spit spit NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 67 into into ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ? ? PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | no bounds to King's fury | | | there | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **order in** | past | King | the hangman | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hangman=Theme | | 3 | **bade** | past | King *not said here* | King | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hang** | infinitive | King *not said here* | King's wife | | the spot | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wife=Theme on spot=Destination | | 5 | **visit** | gerund | | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **overrule** | past | some visiting princes | King | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | some visiting princes *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | would | it | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **put up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a oratory | | the church | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent oratory=Theme near church=Destination | | 10 | **put** *in a quote* | past | | | wife | hangman | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | | 11 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | some visiting princes *not said here* | every one | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 12 | **go** *in a quote* | present | every one | | | wife's eyes | | to Mass spit | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to spit=Initial\_Location into eye=Destination | | 13 | **infuriate** | | King | | | | | | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/32/)