--- title: Long thin laths are stuck on to an iron spike, and lit; a pail of wa… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Long thin laths are stuck on to an iron spike, and lit; a pail of water is placed below into which the cinders fall; these lamps must be renewed as they burn down, and the charred ends swept up. Who acts: cinders, lamps, charred ends. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/2/) [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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/) / 2 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 2 Long thin laths are stuck on to an iron spike, and lit; a pail of water is placed below into which the cinders fall; these lamps must be renewed as they burn down, and the charred ends swept up. **Who acts:** cinders, lamps, charred ends · **What happens:** stick on, lit, place, fall, renew, burn down · **To what, where:** Long thin laths, pail, lamps This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cinders, lamps, charred ends), 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:pg62509:40:2 # text = Long thin laths are stuck on to an iron spike, and lit; a pail of water is placed below into which the cinders fall; these lamps must be renewed as they burn down, and the charred ends swept up. 1 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 laths lath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 spike spike NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 21 below below ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 cinders cinder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 renewed renew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 burn burn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 36 down down ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 charred char VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick on** | present · passive | | Long thin laths | | | | to a iron spike | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to spike=Co-Patient | | 2 | **lit** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **place** | present · passive | | a pail of water | | | | below *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | present | the cinders | | | | | which *obl* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into which=Result | | 5 | **renew** | must · passive | | this lamps | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **burn down** | present | lamps *= lamp* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **char** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **sweep up** | past | the charred ends | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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