--- title: He went on from there to a smith, something like Wayland Smith (the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He went on from there to a smith, something like Wayland Smith (the whole tale has a curious Norse tang), who forged his fortune, told him he would have to go to the Kingdom by the Sea, and there he would find his wife who for thirty years had been lying in the dung. 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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 (hold, whole tale, wife), 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:pg62509:40:131 # text = He went on from there to a smith, something like Wayland Smith (the whole tale has a curious Norse tang), who forged his fortune, told him he would have to go to the Kingdom by the Sea, and there he would find his wife who for thirty years had been lying in the dung. 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 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 conj _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 Wayland Wayland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 Norse norse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 tang tang NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 forged forge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 aux _ _ 57 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 acl:relcl _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 dung dung NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | hold | | | | | to a smith something like Wayland Smith | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | the whole tale | a curious Norse tang | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tang=Patient | | 3 | **forge** | past | | hold's fortune | | | | who *nsubj* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Product | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | hold *not said here* | | hold | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | would | hold | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | hold *not said here* | | | the Kingdom | | by the Sea | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kingdom=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **find** | would | hold | hold's wife | | there | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic | | 8 | **lie** | past · perfect · progressive | hold's wife | | | the dung | year | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in dung=Location | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/132/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/)