Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 19, sentence 116

He went to the edge of the world, and he discovered such peoples that he, however bold he was himself, felt afraid of them; ferocious folk, fiercer than wild beasts, who ate men; live folks who had but one eye; and that eye was on the forehead; folks who had three eyes, folks who had only a single leg; others who had three, and they ran as fast as an arrow darts from the bow.

Who acts: Whomsoever, wild beasts, live folks, eye, folks, others · What happens: go, discover, be, feel, eat, have · To what, where: ferocious folk, edge, such peoples, Whomsoever, men, one eye

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Whomsoever, wild beasts, live folks, eye), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 edge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 edge	det
5	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 world	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 world	det
8	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 edge	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 discovered	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 discovered	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 discovered	nsubj
12	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 peoples	amod
14	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 discovered	obj
15	that	that	ADP	_	16 he	case
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 peoples	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bold	punct
18	however	however	ADV	_	19 bold	advmod
19	bold	bold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 peoples	conj
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 himself	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 himself	cop
22	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	19 bold	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 felt	punct
24	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 discovered	conj
25	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 felt	xcomp
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 them	case
27	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 afraid	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 folk	punct
29	ferocious	ferocious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 folk	amod
30	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 fiercer	punct
32	fiercer	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	30 folk	amod
33	than	than	ADP	_	35 beasts	case
34	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 beasts	amod
35	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 fiercer	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 ate	punct
37	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 ate	nsubj
38	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 beasts	acl:relcl
39	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 ate	obj
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 folks	punct
41	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 folks	amod
42	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 went	obl
43	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 had	nsubj
44	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 folks	acl:relcl
45	but	but	CCONJ	_	47 eye	cc
46	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	47 eye	nummod
47	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 had	obj
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 forehead	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 forehead	cc
50	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	51 eye	det
51	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 forehead	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 forehead	cop
53	on	on	ADP	_	55 forehead	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 forehead	det
55	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	parataxis
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 folks	punct
57	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 forehead	appos
58	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 had	nsubj
59	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 folks	acl:relcl
60	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	61 eyes	nummod
61	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 had	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 folks	punct
63	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 folks	conj
64	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	65 had	nsubj
65	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 folks	acl:relcl
66	only	only	ADV	_	69 leg	advmod
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 leg	det
68	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 leg	amod
69	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 had	obj
70	;	;	PUNCT	_	71 others	punct
71	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 folks	conj
72	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	73 had	nsubj
73	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 others	acl:relcl
74	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	73 had	obj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 ran	punct
76	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 ran	cc
77	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 ran	nsubj
78	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
79	as	as	ADV	_	80 fast	advmod
80	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	78 ran	advmod
81	as	as	SCONJ	_	84 darts	mark
82	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 arrow	det
83	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 darts	nsubj
84	darts	dart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	80 fast	advcl
85	from	from	ADP	_	87 bow	case
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 bow	det
87	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 darts	obl
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	Whomsoever	ferocious folk	the edge of the world	live folks obl	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to edge=Initial_Location
2	discover	past	Whomsoever	such peoples and bold		that MACEDON	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic
3	is a	past	Whomsoever	Whomsoever			tree rules
4	feel	past	Whomsoever not said here			afraid property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
5	eat	past	wild beasts	men			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
6	have	past	live folks	one eye			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
7	is	past	that eye		the forehead	folks and folks and others appos	tree rules
8	have	past	folks and folks and others	three eyes			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
9	have	past	folks	a single leg			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
10	have	past	others	three			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Patient
11	run	past	eyes = eye			fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	dart	present	a arrow		the bow		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from bow=Trajectory

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 19, sentence 116

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 19, sentence 116