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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 131

He went on from there to a smith, something like Wayland Smith (the whole tale has a curious Norse tang), who forged his fortune, told him he would have to go to the Kingdom by the Sea, and there he would find his wife who for thirty years had been lying in the dung.

Who acts: hold, whole tale, wife · What happens: go on, have, forge, tell, go, find · To what, where: curious Norse tang, fortune, hold, Kingdom, wife, dung · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (hold, whole tale, wife), 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

nsubjadvmodcaseoblcasedetoblpunctconjcasecompoundnmodpunctdetamodnsubjparataxisdetamodamodobjpunctpunctnsubjconjnmod:possobjpunctconjiobjnsubjauxccompmarkxcompcasedetoblcasedetoblpunctccexplnsubjauxconjnmod:possobjnsubjcasenummodoblauxauxacl:relclcasedetoblpunctrootHePRONwentVERBonADVfromADPthereADVtoADPaDETsmithNOUN,PUNCTsomethingPRONlikeADPWaylandPROPNSmithPROPN(PUNCTtheDETwholeADJtaleNOUNhasVERBaDETcuriousADJNorseADJtangNOUN)PUNCT,PUNCTwhoPRONforgedVERBhisPRONfortuneNOUN,PUNCTtoldVERBhimPRONhePRONwouldAUXhaveVERBtoPARTgoVERBtoADPtheDETKingdomPROPNbyADPtheDETSeaPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJtherePRONhePRONwouldAUXfindVERBhisPRONwifeNOUNwhoPRONforADPthirtyNUMyearsNOUNhadAUXbeenAUXlyingVERBinADPtheDETdungNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 wentnsubj
2wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ononADV_2 wentadvmod
4fromfromADP_5 therecase
5therethereADVPronType=Dem2 wentobl
6totoADP_8 smithcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 smithdet
8smithsmithNOUNNumber=Sing2 wentobl
9,,PUNCT_10 somethingpunct
10somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind8 smithconj
11likelikeADP_13 Smithcase
12WaylandWaylandPROPNNumber=Sing13 Smithcompound
13SmithSmithPROPNNumber=Sing10 somethingnmod
14((PUNCT_18 haspunct
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 taledet
16wholewholeADJDegree=Pos17 taleamod
17taletaleNOUNNumber=Sing18 hasnsubj
18hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 somethingparataxis
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 tangdet
20curiouscuriousADJDegree=Pos22 tangamod
21NorsenorseADJDegree=Pos22 tangamod
22tangtangNOUNNumber=Sing18 hasobj
23))PUNCT_18 haspunct
24,,PUNCT_26 forgedpunct
25whowhoPRONPronType=Rel26 forgednsubj
26forgedforgeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 somethingconj
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 fortunenmod:poss
28fortunefortuneNOUNNumber=Sing26 forgedobj
29,,PUNCT_30 toldpunct
30toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 wentconj
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 toldiobj
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 havensubj
33wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin34 haveaux
34havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf30 toldccomp
35totoPART_36 gomark
36gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf34 havexcomp
37totoADP_39 Kingdomcase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 Kingdomdet
39KingdomKingdomPROPNNumber=Sing36 goobl
40bybyADP_42 Seacase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 Seadet
42SeaSeaPROPNNumber=Sing36 goobl
43,,PUNCT_48 findpunct
44andandCCONJ_48 findcc
45theretherePRONPronType=Dem48 findexpl
46hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 findnsubj
47wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin48 findaux
48findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf2 wentconj
49hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 wifenmod:poss
50wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing48 findobj
51whowhoPRONPronType=Rel57 lyingnsubj
52forforADP_54 yearscase
53thirtythirtyNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card54 yearsnummod
54yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur57 lyingobl
55hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin57 lyingaux
56beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part57 lyingaux
57lyinglieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part50 wifeacl:relcl
58ininADP_60 dungcase
59thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art60 dungdet
60dungdungNOUNNumber=Sing57 lyingobl
61..PUNCT_2 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go onpastholdto a smith something like Wayland Smithvn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2havepresentthe whole talea curious Norse tangvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tang=Patient
3forgepasthold's fortunewho nsubjvn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Product
4tell speech: assertpasthold not said hereholdvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5havewouldholdtree rules
6goto-infinitivehold not said herethe Kingdomby the Seavn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to kingdom=Initial_Location
7findwouldholdhold's wifetherevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic
8liepast · perfect · progressivehold's wifethe dungyearvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in dung=Location

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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