--- title: He went to the edge of the world, and he discovered such peoples tha… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He went to the edge of the world, and he discovered such peoples that he, however bold he was himself, felt afraid of them; ferocious folk, fiercer than wild beasts, who ate men; live folks who had but one eye; and that eye was on the forehead; folks who had three eyes, folks who had only a single l --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/116/) [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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/) / 116 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 19, sentence 116 He went to the edge of the world, and he discovered such peoples that he, however bold he was himself, felt afraid of them; ferocious folk, fiercer than wild beasts, who ate men; live folks who had but one eye; and that eye was on the forehead; folks who had three eyes, folks who had only a single leg; others who had three, and they ran as fast as an arrow darts from the bow. **Who acts:** Whomsoever, wild beasts, live folks, eye, folks, others · **What happens:** go, discover, be, feel, eat, have · **To what, where:** ferocious folk, edge, such peoples, Whomsoever, men, one eye This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Whomsoever, wild beasts, live folks, eye), 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:pg62509:19:116 # text = He went to the edge of the world, and he discovered such peoples that he, however bold he was himself, felt afraid of them; ferocious folk, fiercer than wild beasts, who ate men; live folks who had but one eye; and that eye was on the forehead; folks who had three eyes, folks who had only a single leg; others who had three, and they ran as fast as an arrow darts from the bow. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 that that ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 however however ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 bold bold NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 ferocious ferocious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 fiercer fierce ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 50 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 57 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 appos _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 59 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 60 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 61 nummod _ _ 61 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 conj _ _ 64 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 65 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 66 only only ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ; ; PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 conj _ _ 72 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 73 nsubj _ _ 73 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 acl:relcl _ _ 74 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 77 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 78 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 79 as as ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 80 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 78 advmod _ _ 81 as as SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 82 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 nsubj _ _ 84 darts dart VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 80 advcl _ _ 85 from from ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Whomsoever | ferocious folk | | the edge of the world | | live folks *obl* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to edge=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **discover** | past | Whomsoever | such peoples and bold | | | | that MACEDON | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | Whomsoever | Whomsoever | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **feel** | past | Whomsoever *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **eat** | past | wild beasts | men | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 6 | **have** | past | live folks | one eye | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 7 | **is** | past | that eye | | | the forehead | | folks and folks and others *appos* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | folks and folks and others | three eyes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 9 | **have** | past | folks | a single leg | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | | 10 | **have** | past | others | three | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Patient | | 11 | **run** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **dart** | present | a arrow | | | the bow | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from bow=Trajectory | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/117/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/19/)