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title: In return for this I will forgive you, and give you what you sought… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: In return for this I will forgive you, and give you what you sought as an honour: but if you do not do me this service I will proclaim throughout all the realms of the world that you are a dishonourable thief.” Who acts: I, you, that. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, p
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# Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 11, sentence 7

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In return for this I will forgive you, and give you what you sought as an honour: but if you do not do me this service I will proclaim throughout all the realms of the world that you are a dishonourable thief.”

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**Who acts:** I, you, that · **What happens:** forgive, give, seek, not do, proclaim, be · **To what, where:** you, return, service, me, realms, dishonourable thief

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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, you, that), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62509:11:7
# text = In return for this I will forgive you, and give you what you sought as an honour: but if you do not do me this service I will proclaim throughout all the realms of the world that you are a dishonourable thief.”
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
21	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
22	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
23	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
25	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	advcl	_	_
26	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	iobj	_	_
27	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	28	det	_	_
28	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
29	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	proclaim	proclaim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
32	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	35	det:predet	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	realms	realm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
40	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
41	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	dishonourable	dishonourable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | future | I | you |  | return for this |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | I *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **seek** | past | you |  |  |  |  | as a honour; what *obj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | this service | me |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **proclaim** | future | I | all realms of the world |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | present | that | a dishonourable thief |  |  |  | you *nsubj* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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