--- title: He sailed, maybe far, maybe near, maybe long, maybe short—the tale i… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He sailed, maybe far, maybe near, maybe long, maybe short—the tale is soon told but the deed is not soon done—and he at last arrived at that kingdom, and appeared before the king of it, and asked for his daughter’s hand in marriage. Who acts: youth. 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 (youth), 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:pg62509:33:71 # text = He sailed, maybe far, maybe near, maybe long, maybe short—the tale is soon told but the deed is not soon done—and he at last arrived at that kingdom, and appeared before the king of it, and asked for his daughter’s hand in marriage. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 near near ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 27 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 — - PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 at at SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 40 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’s 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | past | youth | | | | | far, long, near *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | the tale | | | | soon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **do** | present · passive | | the deed | | | | soon *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **arrive** | participle | youth | | | that kingdom | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **appear** | past | | | | | before the king of deed | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before king=Location | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | for youth's daughter's hand in marriage | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/33/)