Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 41

In my power it is not to fly to the sea of Khvalýnsk; in my power it is not to peck to death the fiery snake; nor with my legs may I reach the seven _pud_ key.

Who acts: power, I · What happens: not be, reach · To what, where: power, seven pud

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 (power, I), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 power	case
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 power	nmod:poss
3	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fly	obl
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fly	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fly	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 fly	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fly	mark
8	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fly	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Khvalýnsk	case
13	Khvalýnsk	Khvalýnsk	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sea	nmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 peck	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 power	case
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 power	nmod:poss
17	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 peck	obl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 peck	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 peck	cop
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 peck	advmod
21	to	to	PART	_	22 peck	mark
22	peck	peck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fly	advcl
23	to	to	ADP	_	24 death	case
24	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 peck	obl
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 snake	det
26	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 snake	amod
27	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 peck	obj
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 reach	punct
29	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	35 reach	cc
30	with	with	ADP	_	32 legs	case
31	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 legs	nmod:poss
32	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 reach	obl
33	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 reach	aux
34	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 reach	nsubj
35	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fly	advcl
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 seven	det
37	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	39 pud	nummod
38	_	_	PUNCT	_	37 seven	punct
39	pud	pud	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 reach	obj
40	_	_	PUNCT	_	41 key	punct
41	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 reach	conj
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 fly	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	present	power		my power	to the sea of Khvalýnsk; fly property	tree rules
2	not is	present	power		my power	to death; the fiery snake obj; peck property	tree rules
3	reach	may	I	seven pud		with my legs; key conj	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent pud=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. 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 40, sentence 41

The tree

Pragmatics

Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 41