--- title: Consequently the word has a meaning in Russian folk-lore which has a… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Consequently the word has a meaning in Russian folk-lore which has a widespread Aryan notion, that of a fearful Enchanter who lives in a mountain fastness far removed; runs away with the beautiful princess, and can only be slain by the valiant lover, going through unfordable streams, impenetrable fo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/68/) [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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/) / 68 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 68 Consequently the word has a meaning in Russian folk-lore which has a widespread Aryan notion, that of a fearful Enchanter who lives in a mountain fastness far removed; runs away with the beautiful princess, and can only be slain by the valiant lover, going through unfordable streams, impenetrable forests and unpassable mountains, so as to catch hold of his soul which is contained in a casket, or in some other manner is always terribly enclosed. **Who acts:** word, Russian folk lore, fearful Enchanter, valiant lover · **What happens:** have, live, remove, run away, slay, go · **To what, where:** meaning, Russian folk lore, widespread Aryan notion, mountain fastness, unfordable streams, hold 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 (word, Russian folk lore, fearful Enchanter, valiant lover), 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:pg62509:40:68 # text = Consequently the word has a meaning in Russian folk-lore which has a widespread Aryan notion, that of a fearful Enchanter who lives in a mountain fastness far removed; runs away with the beautiful princess, and can only be slain by the valiant lover, going through unfordable streams, impenetrable forests and unpassable mountains, so as to catch hold of his soul which is contained in a casket, or in some other manner is always terribly enclosed. 1 Consequently consequently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 Russian Russian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 lore lore NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 widespread widespread ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 Aryan Aryan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 notion notion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 fastness fastness NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 31 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 51 through through ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 unfordable unfordable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 impenetrable impenetrable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 unpassable unpassable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 65 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 71 nsubj:pass _ _ 70 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 acl:relcl _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 casket casket NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 76 or or CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 77 in in ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 78 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 80 det _ _ 79 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl _ _ 81 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 84 aux:pass _ _ 82 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 84 advmod _ _ 83 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 84 enclosed enclose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the word | a meaning | | Russian folk lore | | consequently *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | | 2 | **have** | present | Russian folk lore | a widespread Aryan notion | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notion=Patient | | 3 | **live** | present | a fearful Enchanter that | | | a mountain fastness | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fastness=Location | | 4 | **remove** | participle | a fearful Enchanter that *not said here* | | | | | far *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run away** | present | | | | | | with the beautiful princess; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with princess=Material | | 6 | **slay** | can · passive | the valiant lover | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **go** | gerund | the valiant lover *not said here* | | | unfordable streams and impenetrable forests and unpassable mountains | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through stream=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **catch** | to-infinitive | | hold of slave's soul | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 9 | **contain** | present · passive | | hold of slave's soul | | a casket | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in casket=Location | | 10 | **enclose** | present · passive | | | | some other manner | | always, terribly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP» | | 11 | **hold** | | | slave's soul | | | | | nom hold «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. - ← previous: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/69/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/)