Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 68

Consequently the word has a meaning in Russian folk-lore which has a widespread Aryan notion, that of a fearful Enchanter who lives in a mountain fastness far removed; runs away with the beautiful princess, and can only be slain by the valiant lover, going through unfordable streams, impenetrable forests and unpassable mountains, so as to catch hold of his soul which is contained in a casket, or in some other manner is always terribly enclosed.

Who acts: word, Russian folk lore, fearful Enchanter, valiant lover · What happens: have, live, remove, run away, slay, go · To what, where: meaning, Russian folk lore, widespread Aryan notion, mountain fastness, unfordable streams, hold

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 (word, Russian folk lore, fearful Enchanter, valiant lover), 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	Consequently	consequently	ADV	_	4 has	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 word	det
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meaning	det
6	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 lore	case
8	Russian	Russian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lore	amod
9	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lore	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 folk	punct
11	lore	lore	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meaning	nmod
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 has	nsubj
13	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lore	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 notion	det
15	widespread	widespread	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 notion	amod
16	Aryan	Aryan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 notion	amod
17	notion	notion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 has	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Enchanter	punct
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 Enchanter	nsubj
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 Enchanter	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 Enchanter	det
22	fearful	fearful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 Enchanter	amod
23	Enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 notion	appos
24	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 lives	nsubj
25	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 Enchanter	acl:relcl
26	in	in	ADP	_	29 fastness	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 fastness	det
28	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 fastness	compound
29	fastness	fastness	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 lives	obl
30	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	31 removed	advmod
31	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 lives	advcl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 runs	punct
33	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 has	parataxis
34	away	away	ADV	_	33 runs	advmod
35	with	with	ADP	_	38 princess	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 princess	det
37	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 princess	amod
38	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 runs	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 slain	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 slain	cc
41	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 slain	aux
42	only	only	ADV	_	44 slain	advmod
43	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	44 slain	aux:pass
44	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 runs	conj
45	by	by	ADP	_	48 lover	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 lover	det
47	valiant	valiant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 lover	amod
48	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 slain	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 going	punct
50	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	44 slain	conj
51	through	through	ADP	_	53 streams	case
52	unfordable	unfordable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 streams	amod
53	streams	stream	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 going	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 forests	punct
55	impenetrable	impenetrable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 forests	amod
56	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 streams	conj
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 mountains	cc
58	unpassable	unpassable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 mountains	amod
59	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 streams	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 catch	punct
61	so	so	ADV	_	64 catch	advmod
62	as	as	SCONJ	_	64 catch	mark
63	to	to	PART	_	64 catch	mark
64	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 runs	conj
65	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 catch	obj
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 soul	case
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 soul	nmod:poss
68	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 hold	nmod
69	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 contained	nsubj:pass
70	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	71 contained	aux:pass
71	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 hold	acl:relcl
72	in	in	ADP	_	74 casket	case
73	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	74 casket	det
74	casket	casket	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 contained	obl
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 enclosed	punct
76	or	or	CCONJ	_	84 enclosed	cc
77	in	in	ADP	_	80 manner	case
78	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	80 manner	det
79	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 manner	amod
80	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 enclosed	obl
81	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 enclosed	aux:pass
82	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	84 enclosed	advmod
83	terribly	terribly	ADV	_	84 enclosed	advmod
84	enclosed	enclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 catch	parataxis
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	the word	a meaning	Russian folk lore	consequently property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient
2	have	present	Russian folk lore	a widespread Aryan notion			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notion=Patient
3	live	present	a fearful Enchanter that		a mountain fastness		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fastness=Location
4	remove	participle	a fearful Enchanter that not said here			far property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	run away	present				with the beautiful princess; away property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with princess=Material
6	slay	can · passive	the valiant lover				vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	go	gerund	the valiant lover not said here		unfordable streams and impenetrable forests and unpassable mountains		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through stream=Initial_Location
8	catch	to-infinitive		hold of slave's soul			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme
9	contain	present · passive		hold of slave's soul	a casket		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in casket=Location
10	enclose	present · passive			some other manner	always, terribly property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»
11	hold			slave's soul			nom hold «act 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 40, sentence 68

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 68