--- title: If you had come to me, I should have given you the Bird of Light as… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: If you had come to me, I should have given you the Bird of Light as an honour; but, now, would it be well, were I to send you into all kingdoms to proclaim how you came into my realm and dealt dishonourably? Who acts: you, I, BIRD. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/111/) [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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/) / 111 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 10, sentence 111 If you had come to me, I should have given you the Bird of Light as an honour; but, now, would it be well, were I to send you into all kingdoms to proclaim how you came into my realm and dealt dishonourably? **Who acts:** you, I, BIRD · **What happens:** come, give, be, send, proclaim, deal · **To what, where:** me, Bird, you, kingdoms, realm This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, I, BIRD), 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:pg62509:10:111 # text = If you had come to me, I should have given you the Bird of Light as an honour; but, now, would it be well, were I to send you into all kingdoms to proclaim how you came into my realm and dealt dishonourably? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 proclaim proclaim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 40 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 dealt deal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 48 dishonourably dishonourably ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | you | | me | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **give** | should · perfect | I | the Bird of Light | you | | | as a honour | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient bird=Theme | | 3 | **is** | would | BIRD | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | past | I | | you | all kingdoms | now | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **proclaim** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | you | | | my realm | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into realm=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **deal** | past | you *not said here* | | | | | dishonourably *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/112/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/)