--- title: So the devil cut him up into little bits, threw them into a cauldron… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the devil cut him up into little bits, threw them into a cauldron, and began to brew him—brewed him, washed him and collected all his bones, one by one, in the proper way, every bone with every bone, every joint with every joint, every nerve with every nerve: then he sprinkled them with the water --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/50/) [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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/) / 50 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 37, sentence 50 So the devil cut him up into little bits, threw them into a cauldron, and began to brew him—brewed him, washed him and collected all his bones, one by one, in the proper way, every bone with every bone, every joint with every joint, every nerve with every nerve: then he sprinkled them with the water of life, and the soldier arose, such a fine young man as no tale can tell and no pen can write. **Who acts:** devil, soldier, tale, pen · **What happens:** cut up, throw, begin, brew, wash, collect · **To what, where:** Tsar, little bits, bits, cauldron, bones, fine young man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (devil, soldier, tale, pen), 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:pg62509:37:50 # text = So the devil cut him up into little bits, threw them into a cauldron, and began to brew him—brewed him, washed him and collected all his bones, one by one, in the proper way, every bone with every bone, every joint with every joint, every nerve with every nerve: then he sprinkled them with the water of life, and the soldier arose, such a fine young man as no tale can tell and no pen can write. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 brew brew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 — - PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 brewed brew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 collected collect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 obl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 47 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 50 det _ _ 50 joint joint NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 53 det _ _ 53 joint joint NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 56 det _ _ 56 nerve nerve NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 59 det _ _ 59 nerve nerve NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 : : PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 61 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 63 advmod _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 64 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 74 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 76 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 80 det:predet _ _ 77 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 78 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 79 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 81 as as SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 82 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 83 det _ _ 83 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nsubj _ _ 84 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 85 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 80 acl:relcl _ _ 86 and and CCONJ CC _ 90 cc _ _ 87 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 88 det _ _ 88 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 nsubj _ _ 89 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 90 aux _ _ 90 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 85 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut up** | past | the devil | Tsar | | little bits | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent he=Material into bit=Product | | 2 | **throw** | past | | bits *= bit* | | | | into a cauldron *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into cauldron=Result | | 3 | **begin** | past | the devil *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **brew** | to-infinitive | the devil *not said here* | Tsar | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | | 5 | **brew** | past | the devil *not said here* | Tsar | | | | one by one *obl*; the proper way and every bone with every bone and every joint with every joint and every nerve with every nerve *parataxis* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | | 6 | **wash** | past | the devil *not said here* | Tsar | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **collect** | past | the devil *not said here* | Tsar's bones | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme | | 8 | **sprinkle** | past | devil | bits *= bit* | | | then | with the water of life | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with water=Theme | | 9 | **arise** | past | the soldier | such fine young man | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | no tale | such fine young man *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | | 11 | **write** | can | no pen | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/37/)