--- title: “I am Princess Eléna the Fair; and Iván Tsarévich found me, whom ye… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I am Princess Eléna the Fair; and Iván Tsarévich found me, whom ye have slain, whom ye have given over to an evil death: if ye were good champions, ye would have gone with him into the open field and have slain him in fair fight. Who acts: Dmítri, Iván, ye. 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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 (Dmítri, Iván, ye), 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:pg62509:11:53 # text = “I am Princess Eléna the Fair; and Iván Tsarévich found me, whom ye have slain, whom ye have given over to an evil death: if ye were good champions, ye would have gone with him into the open field and have slain him in fair fight. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Eléna Eléna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Fair Fair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Iván Iván PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 Tsarévich Tsarévich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 18 slain slain NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 appos _ _ 24 over over ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 champions champion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux _ _ 39 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dmítri | Princess Eléna | | | | the Fair *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** *in a quote* | past | Iván | Dmítri | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent i=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | ye | slain | | | | whom *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **give over** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | slain | a evil death | | | ye *nsubj:pass*; over *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to death=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | ye | good champions | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | would · perfect | ye | | | the open field | | with Iván | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **slay** *in a quote* | present · perfect | ye *not said here* | Iván | | fair fight | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/11/)