Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore, Magic and Witchcraft., part 8, sentence 153

[326] To this episode a striking parallel is offered by that of Gunther's wedding night in the "Nibelungenlied," in which Brynhild flings her husband Gunther across the room, kneels on his chest, and finally binds him hand and foot, and suspends him from a nail till daybreak.

Who acts: that, Brynhild · What happens: offer, fling, kneel, bind, suspend · To what, where: striking parallel, Nibelungenlied, husband, room, chest, nail

This is a sentence of «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Magic and Witchcraft., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, Brynhild), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 326	punct
2	326	326	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 offered	obl
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 326	punct
4	To	to	ADP	_	6 episode	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 episode	det
6	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 326	nmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parallel	det
8	striking	striking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parallel	compound
9	parallel	parallel	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offered	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 offered	aux:pass
11	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 that	case
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 offered	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 night	case
15	Gunther	Gunther	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 night	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Gunther	case
17	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 night	compound
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 that	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 Nibelungenlied	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Nibelungenlied	det
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 Nibelungenlied	punct
22	Nibelungenlied	Nibelungenlied	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 offered	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 Nibelungenlied	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 Nibelungenlied	punct
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 which	case
26	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 flings	obl
27	Brynhild	Brynhild	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 flings	nsubj
28	flings	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 offered	parataxis
29	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 husband	nmod:poss
30	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 flings	obj
31	Gunther	Gunther	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 husband	appos
32	across	across	ADP	_	34 room	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 room	det
34	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 flings	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 kneels	punct
36	kneels	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 flings	conj
37	on	on	ADP	_	39 chest	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 chest	nmod:poss
39	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 kneels	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 binds	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 binds	cc
42	finally	finally	ADV	_	43 binds	advmod
43	binds	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 flings	conj
44	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 binds	obj
45	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 binds	obj
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 foot	cc
47	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 hand	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 suspends	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 suspends	cc
50	suspends	suspend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 flings	parataxis
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 suspends	obj
52	from	from	ADP	_	54 nail	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 nail	det
54	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 suspends	obl
55	till	till	ADP	_	56 daybreak	case
56	daybreak	daybreak	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 suspends	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 offered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present · passive	that	a striking parallel	the Nibelungenlied		326 to this episode obl	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	fling	present	Brynhild	Brynhild's husband	the room			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent husband=Theme in which=Destination
3	kneel	present	Brynhild not said here		Gunther's chest			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chest=Location
4	bind	present	Brynhild not said here	husband			finally property	tree rules
5	suspend	present		husband	a nail	till daybreak		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from nail=Source

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 Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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