Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 6

When Iván had told him also of his errand, he said: “I would have certainly given you the golden-maned horse if you had asked me for it, but since you have dealt thus dishonourably with me, you must do me this service, and then I will give you the golden-maned horse with the bridle: you must ride across thrice-nine lands into the thrice-tenth kingdom and gain me Princess Eléna the Fair, whom I have for long loved with all my heart and soul, but cannot gain.

Who acts: Iván, you, Princess · What happens: tell, say, give, ask, deal, do · To what, where: Tsar, golden maned horse, you, Iván, service, thrice nine lands · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Iván, you, Princess), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 told	mark
2	Iván	Iván	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 said	advcl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	also	also	ADV	_	9 errand	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 errand	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 errand	nmod:poss
9	errand	errand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
14	“	"	PUNCT	_	19 given	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 given	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 given	aux
17	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 given	aux
18	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	19 given	advmod
19	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 said	conj
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 given	obj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 horse	det
22	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 horse	amod
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 golden	punct
24	maned	maned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 horse	amod
25	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 given	obj
26	if	if	SCONJ	_	29 asked	mark
27	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	29 asked	nsubj
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 asked	aux
29	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 given	advcl
30	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 asked	iobj
31	for	for	ADP	_	32 it	case
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 asked	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 dealt	punct
34	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 dealt	cc
35	since	since	SCONJ	_	38 dealt	mark
36	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 dealt	nsubj
37	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 dealt	aux
38	dealt	deal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 said	conj
39	thus	thus	ADV	_	40 dishonourably	advmod
40	dishonourably	dishonourably	ADV	_	38 dealt	advmod
41	with	with	ADP	_	42 me	case
42	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	38 dealt	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 do	punct
44	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 do	nsubj
45	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 do	aux
46	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 dealt	parataxis
47	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 do	iobj
48	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	49 service	det
49	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 do	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 give	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 give	cc
52	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	55 give	advmod
53	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 give	nsubj
54	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 give	aux
55	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 do	conj
56	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	55 give	iobj
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 horse	det
58	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 horse	amod
59	-	-	PUNCT	_	58 golden	punct
60	maned	maned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 horse	amod
61	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 give	obj
62	with	with	ADP	_	64 bridle	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 bridle	det
64	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 horse	nmod
65	:	:	PUNCT	_	68 ride	punct
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	68 ride	nsubj
67	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 ride	aux
68	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 said	parataxis
69	across	across	ADP	_	73 lands	case
70	thrice	thrice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 lands	amod
71	-	-	PUNCT	_	70 thrice	punct
72	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	73 lands	nummod
73	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 ride	obl
74	into	into	ADP	_	79 kingdom	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 kingdom	det
76	thrice	thrice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 tenth	amod
77	-	-	PUNCT	_	76 thrice	punct
78	tenth	tenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 kingdom	amod
79	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 ride	obl
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 gain	cc
81	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	68 ride	conj
82	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	81 gain	obj
83	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 gain	obj
84	Eléna	Eléna	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 Princess	flat
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 Fair	det
86	Fair	Fair	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 Princess	flat
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	90 have	punct
88	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	90 have	obj
89	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	90 have	nsubj
90	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	83 Princess	parataxis
91	for	for	SCONJ	_	93 loved	mark
92	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	93 loved	advmod
93	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	90 have	xcomp
94	with	with	ADP	_	97 heart	case
95	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	97 heart	det:predet
96	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	97 heart	nmod:poss
97	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 loved	obl
98	and	and	CCONJ	_	99 soul	cc
99	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 heart	conj
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 gain	punct
101	but	but	CCONJ	_	104 gain	cc
102	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	104 gain	aux
103	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	104 gain	advmod
104	gain	gain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	68 ride	parataxis
105	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect	Iván		Tsar			of Iván's errand	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	Iván						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	give in a quote	would · perfect	Iván	the golden maned horse	you			certainly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient horse=Theme
4	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past · perfect	you		Iván			for horse	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
5	deal in a quote	present · perfect	you					with Iván; dishonourably property	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with i=Theme
6	do in a quote	must	you	this service	Iván				tree rules
7	give in a quote	future	Iván	the golden maned horse	you		then	with the bridle	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient horse=Theme
8	ride in a quote	must	you			thrice nine lands		into the tenth kingdom	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across land=Trajectory
9	gain in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	Princess	Iván				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary princess=Theme
10	have in a quote	present	Iván	Princess					tree rules
11	love in a quote	participle	Princess not said here					with my heart and soul; long property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
12	not gain in a quote	can							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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.

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🌲 Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 6

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Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 6