--- title: If you will do me this service, if you will go across thrice nine ki… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: If you will do me this service, if you will go across thrice nine kingdoms into the thrice-tenth realm, and will there obtain me from Tsar Afrón the golden-maned horse, I will forgive your sin, and I will give you the Bird of Light, and will do you great honour.” Who acts: you, I. 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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), 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:pg62509:10:113 # text = If you will do me this service, if you will go across thrice nine kingdoms into the thrice-tenth realm, and will there obtain me from Tsar Afrón the golden-maned horse, I will forgive your sin, and I will give you the Bird of Light, and will do you great honour.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 across across ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 thrice thrice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 27 obtain obtain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Afrón Afrón PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 maned maned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 iobj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Light Light PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | this service | me | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | future | you | | | thrice nine kingdoms | | into the tenth realm | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme across kingdom=Initial\_Location into realm=Destination | | 3 | **obtain** | future | | me | | Tsar Afrón; there | | the golden maned horse *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **forgive** | future | I | your sin | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Theme | | 5 | **give** | future | I | | the Bird of Light | | | you *iobj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient bird=Theme | | 6 | **do** | future | | you | | | | great honour *obj* | tree rules | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/114/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/)