Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 75

Such are the little forewords, with their sardonic musings; the conclusion of almost every happy tale that the narrator was at the feast, but never might taste the viands; the references to the distances the hero must go, which the narrator has not the knowledge to estimate accurately; the reference to the land of these wonderful happenings, “the thrice-ninth land, the thrice-tenth kingdom”; and many other traditional stylisms.

Who acts: narrator, references, forewords · What happens: be, not taste, go, have, estimate, muse · To what, where: Such little forewords, feast, viands, many other traditional stylisms, knowledge, happy tale

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (narrator, references, forewords), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 forewords	amod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 forewords	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forewords	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 forewords	amod
5	forewords	foreword	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 musings	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 musings	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 musings	nmod:poss
9	sardonic	sardonic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 musings	amod
10	musings	musing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forewords	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 conclusion	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conclusion	det
13	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forewords	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 tale	case
15	almost	almost	ADV	_	18 tale	advmod
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 tale	det
17	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 tale	amod
18	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conclusion	nmod
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 feast	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 narrator	det
21	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 feast	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 feast	cop
23	at	at	ADP	_	25 feast	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 feast	det
25	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tale	advcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 taste	punct
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 taste	cc
28	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	30 taste	advmod
29	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 taste	aux
30	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 conclusion	parataxis
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 viands	det
32	viands	viand	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 taste	obj
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 references	punct
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 references	det
35	references	reference	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 go	nsubj
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 distances	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 distances	det
38	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 references	nmod
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 hero	det
40	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 go	nsubj
41	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 go	aux
42	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forewords	parataxis
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 has	punct
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 has	obj
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 narrator	det
46	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 has	nsubj
47	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 go	parataxis
48	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	50 knowledge	advmod
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 knowledge	det
50	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 has	obj
51	to	to	PART	_	52 estimate	mark
52	estimate	estimate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 knowledge	acl
53	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	52 estimate	advmod
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	56 reference	punct
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 reference	det
56	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 has	obl
57	to	to	ADP	_	59 land	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 land	det
59	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 reference	nmod
60	of	of	ADP	_	63 happenings	case
61	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	63 happenings	det
62	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 happenings	amod
63	happenings	happening	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 land	nmod
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 land	punct
65	“	"	PUNCT	_	70 land	punct
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 land	det
67	thrice	thrice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 land	amod
68	-	-	PUNCT	_	67 thrice	punct
69	ninth	ninth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 land	amod
70	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 happenings	appos
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 kingdom	punct
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 kingdom	det
73	thrice	thrice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 tenth	amod
74	-	-	PUNCT	_	73 thrice	punct
75	tenth	tenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 kingdom	amod
76	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 land	parataxis
77	”	"	PUNCT	_	76 kingdom	punct
78	;	;	PUNCT	_	83 stylisms	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 stylisms	cc
80	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 stylisms	amod
81	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 stylisms	amod
82	traditional	traditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 stylisms	amod
83	stylisms	stylism	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 go	obl
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 forewords	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the Such little forewords and forewords's sardonic musings and the conclusion of every happy tale		forewords's sardonic musings conj; the conclusion of every happy tale conj	tree rules
2	is	past	the narrator		the feast		tree rules
3	not taste	might		the viands			vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme viand=Attribute
4	go	must	the references to the distances	many other traditional stylisms		the hero nsubj	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	have	present	the narrator	the knowledge		the reference to the land of this wonderful happenings obl; which obj	tree rules
6	estimate	to-infinitive	the narrator not said here	the knowledge not said here		accurately property	vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
7	muse		forewords = foreword				nom musing «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
8	conclude			every happy tale			nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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.

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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 75

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 75