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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 41, sentence 8

The point of detail, that after the rescue of the maiden the boy has to walk backwards until he reaches the high road, is rather similar to the Celtic notion of Widdershins, the superstition that anyone who walked round the churchyard contrary to the direction of the sun would be captured by the fairies.

Who acts: boy, detail, point, fairies · What happens: have, walk, reach, be, capture, point · To what, where: detail, high road, anyone, maiden

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 41. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, detail, point, fairies), 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

detnsubjcasenmodpunctobjcasedetoblcasedetnmoddetnsubjacl:relclmarkxcompadvmodmarknsubjadvcldetamodobjpunctcopadvmodcasedetamodoblcasenmodpunctdetapposmarknsubj:passnsubjacl:relclcasedetcompoundoblcasedetoblcasedetnmodauxaux:passaclcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETpointNOUNofADPdetailNOUN,PUNCTthatPRONafterADPtheDETrescueNOUNofADPtheDETmaidenNOUNtheDETboyNOUNhasVERBtoPARTwalkVERBbackwardsADVuntilSCONJhePRONreachesVERBtheDEThighADJroadNOUN,PUNCTisAUXratherADVsimilarADJtoADPtheDETCelticADJnotionNOUNofADPWiddershinsPROPN,PUNCTtheDETsuperstitionNOUNthatSCONJanyonePRONwhoPRONwalkedVERBroundADPtheDETchurchyardNOUNcontraryNOUNtoADPtheDETdirectionNOUNofADPtheDETsunNOUNwouldAUXbeAUXcapturedVERBbyADPtheDETfairiesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 pointdet
2pointpointNOUNNumber=Sing28 similarnsubj
3ofofADP_4 detailcase
4detaildetailNOUNNumber=Sing2 pointnmod
5,,PUNCT_15 haspunct
6thatthatPRONPronType=Rel15 hasobj
7afterafterADP_9 rescuecase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 rescuedet
9rescuerescueNOUNNumber=Sing15 hasobl
10ofofADP_12 maidencase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 maidendet
12maidenmaidenNOUNNumber=Sing9 rescuenmod
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 boydet
14boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing15 hasnsubj
15hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 detailacl:relcl
16totoPART_17 walkmark
17walkwalkVERBVerbForm=Inf15 hasxcomp
18backwardsbackwardsADV_17 walkadvmod
19untiluntilSCONJ_21 reachesmark
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 reachesnsubj
21reachesreachVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 walkadvcl
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 roaddet
23highhighADJDegree=Pos24 roadamod
24roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing21 reachesobj
25,,PUNCT_2 pointpunct
26isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin28 similarcop
27ratherratherADV_28 similaradvmod
28similarsimilarADJDegree=Posrootroot
29totoADP_32 notioncase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 notiondet
31CelticcelticADJDegree=Pos32 notionamod
32notionnotionNOUNNumber=Sing28 similarobl
33ofofADP_34 Widdershinscase
34WiddershinsWiddershinPROPNNumber=Plur32 notionnmod
35,,PUNCT_37 superstitionpunct
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 superstitiondet
37superstitionsuperstitionNOUNNumber=Sing34 Widdershinsappos
38thatthatSCONJ_54 capturedmark
39anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind54 capturednsubj:pass
40whowhoPRONPronType=Rel41 walkednsubj
41walkedwalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 anyoneacl:relcl
42roundroundADP_45 contrarycase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 contrarydet
44churchyardchurchyardNOUNNumber=Sing45 contrarycompound
45contrarycontraryNOUNNumber=Sing41 walkedobl
46totoADP_48 directioncase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 directiondet
48directiondirectionNOUNNumber=Sing41 walkedobl
49ofofADP_51 suncase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 sundet
51sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing48 directionnmod
52wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin54 capturedaux
53bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf54 capturedaux:pass
54capturedcaptureVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass37 superstitionacl
55bybyADP_57 fairiescase
56thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art57 fairiesdet
57fairiesfairyNOUNNumber=Plur54 capturedobl
58..PUNCT_28 similarpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentthe boydetailafter the rescue of the maidentree rules
2walkto-infinitivedetail not said herebackwards propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3reachpresentboythe high roadvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent road=Theme
4ispresentthe point of detailto the Celtic notion of Widdershins; similar propertytree rules
5walkpastround the churchyard contrary; to the direction of the sun result; who nsubjvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to direction=Result
6capturewould · passivethe fairiesanyonevn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
7pointdetailnom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient
8rescuethe maidennom rescue «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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