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title: Considering the intimate association of the mysterious stone _Alátyr… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Considering the intimate association of the mysterious stone _Alátyr_ (probably meaning amber) with Buyán: and the fact that _Buyán_ is a Slav translation of the Old Slav name Ruyán, the wind-swept isle [cf. Who acts: Buyán. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 40, wi
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 58

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Considering the intimate association of the mysterious stone \_Alátyr\_ (probably meaning amber) with Buyán: and the fact that \_Buyán\_ is a Slav translation of the Old Slav name Ruyán, the wind-swept isle \[cf.

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**Who acts:** Buyán · **What happens:** consider, mean, be, sweep · **To what, where:** intimate association, amber, Slav translation

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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 (Buyán), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:40:58
# text = Considering the intimate association of the mysterious stone _Alátyr_ (probably meaning amber) with Buyán: and the fact that _Buyán_ is a Slav translation of the Old Slav name Ruyán, the wind-swept isle [cf.
1	Considering	consider	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	intimate	intimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	association	association	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Alátyr	Alátyr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
15	amber	amber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Buyán	Buyán	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
24	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Buyán	Buyán	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	Slav	Slav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	acl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
33	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
34	Slav	Slav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
36	Ruyán	Ruyán	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
39	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	swept	sweep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	amod	_	_
42	isle	isle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	appos	_	_
43	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	cf	cf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | gerund |  | the intimate association of the mysterious stone |  |  |  | Alátyr *vocative* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent association=Attribute |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund |  | amber |  |  |  | with Buyán and the fact; probably *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amber=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | present | Buyán | a Slav translation |  |  |  | of the Old Slav name | tree rules |
| 4 | **sweep** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | wind *compound* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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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