--- title: Such are the little forewords, with their sardonic musings; the conc… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Such are the little forewords, with their sardonic musings; the conclusion of almost every happy tale that the narrator was at the feast, but never might taste the viands; the references to the distances the hero must go, which the narrator has not the knowledge to estimate accurately; the reference --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/75/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/) / 75 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 1, sentence 75 Such are the little forewords, with their sardonic musings; the conclusion of almost every happy tale that the narrator was at the feast, but never might taste the viands; the references to the distances the hero must go, which the narrator has not the knowledge to estimate accurately; the reference to the land of these wonderful happenings, “the thrice-ninth land, the thrice-tenth kingdom”; and many other traditional stylisms. **Who acts:** narrator, references, forewords · **What happens:** be, not taste, go, have, estimate, muse · **To what, where:** Such little forewords, feast, viands, many other traditional stylisms, knowledge, happy tale This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (narrator, references, forewords), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:1:76 # text = Such are the little forewords, with their sardonic musings; the conclusion of almost every happy tale that the narrator was at the feast, but never might taste the viands; the references to the distances the hero must go, which the narrator has not the knowledge to estimate accurately; the reference to the land of these wonderful happenings, “the thrice-ninth land, the thrice-tenth kingdom”; and many other traditional stylisms. 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 forewords foreword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sardonic sardonic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 musings musing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 almost almost ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 17 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 taste taste VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 viands viand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 references reference NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 distances distance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 estimate estimate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl _ _ 53 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 63 det _ _ 62 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 happenings happening NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 65 “ " PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 67 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ninth ninth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 73 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ” " PUNCT '' _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ; ; PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 80 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 81 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 82 traditional traditional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 stylisms stylism NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the Such little forewords and forewords's sardonic musings and the conclusion of every happy tale | | | | forewords's sardonic musings *conj*; the conclusion of every happy tale *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the narrator | | | the feast | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **taste** | might | | the viands | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme viand=Attribute | | 4 | **go** | must | the references to the distances | many other traditional stylisms | | | | the hero *nsubj* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** | present | the narrator | the knowledge | | | | the reference to the land of this wonderful happenings *obl*; which *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **estimate** | to-infinitive | the narrator *not said here* | the knowledge *not said here* | | | | accurately *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **muse** | | forewords *= foreword* | | | | | | nom musing «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **conclude** | | | every happy tale | | | | | nom conclusion «cognition 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. - ← previous: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/76/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/1/)