--- title: You would never have seen your Tsar again for ages of eternity, if a… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: You would never have seen your Tsar again for ages of eternity, if a young _guslyár_ had not arrived, for whom I am going to pray God, and I do not grudge giving him half my kingdom.” Who acts: You, I. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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:pg62509:10:50 # text = You would never have seen your Tsar again for ages of eternity, if a young _guslyár_ had not arrived, for whom I am going to pray God, and I do not grudge giving him half my kingdom.” 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 eternity eternity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 guslyár guslyár NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 grudge grudge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 38 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 xcomp _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 42 det:predet _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | would · perfect | You | your Tsar | | | for ages of eternity; again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tsar=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **arrive** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | a young guslyár \_ | | | | whom *obl* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **pray** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | God | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **grudge** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **give** | gerund | I *not said here* | my kingdom | God | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kingdom=Theme | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/10/)