--- title: I love Princess Eléna the Fair with all my heart, and now I must giv… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I love Princess Eléna the Fair with all my heart, and now I must give her up to Tsar Afrón in exchange for the golden-maned horse: and, if I do not give her up, then Tsar Afrón will dishonour me throughout all the kingdoms.” Who acts: I, Tsar. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, O --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/24/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/) / 24 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 24 I love Princess Eléna the Fair with all my heart, and now I must give her up to Tsar Afrón in exchange for the golden-maned horse: and, if I do not give her up, then Tsar Afrón will dishonour me throughout all the kingdoms.” **Who acts:** I, Tsar · **What happens:** love, give up, not give up, dishonour · **To what, where:** Princess Eléna, Fair, exchange, me 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 (I, Tsar), 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:pg62509:11:24 # text = I love Princess Eléna the Fair with all my heart, and now I must give her up to Tsar Afrón in exchange for the golden-maned horse: and, if I do not give her up, then Tsar Afrón will dishonour me throughout all the kingdoms.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Eléna Eléna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Fair Fair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 Afrón Afrón PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 maned maned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 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 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 42 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 Afrón Afrón PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 dishonour dishonour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | I | Princess Eléna | | | | with my heart | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eléna=Stimulus | | 2 | **give up** | must | I | | Fair | exchange for the golden maned horse | now | to Tsar | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to tsar=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **give up** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | I | | Fair | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Source | | 4 | **dishonour** | future | Tsar | me | | | throughout all kingdoms; then | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)