--- title: “Very well,” said the snake, “I will forgive you, but on condition t… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Very well,” said the snake, “I will forgive you, but on condition that whoever meets you first, when you reach home, you must give me for all eternity; and, if you deceive me, do not forget, nobody can ever hide himself from me: I shall find you wherever you are.” Who acts: snake, condition, you, n --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/34/2/) [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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/34/) / 2 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 34, sentence 2 “Very well,” said the snake, “I will forgive you, but on condition that whoever meets you first, when you reach home, you must give me for all eternity; and, if you deceive me, do not forget, nobody can ever hide himself from me: I shall find you wherever you are.” **Who acts:** snake, condition, you, nobody · **What happens:** say, forgive, meet, reach, give, deceive · **To what, where:** you, snake, condition · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snake, condition, you, nobody), 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:pg62509:34:2 # text = “Very well,” said the snake, “I will forgive you, but on condition that whoever meets you first, when you reach home, you must give me for all eternity; and, if you deceive me, do not forget, nobody can ever hide himself from me: I shall find you wherever you are.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 meets meet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 eternity eternity NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 deceive deceive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 45 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 52 nsubj _ _ 50 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 52 advmod _ _ 52 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 53 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 52 obj _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 : : PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 63 advmod _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the snake | | | | | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **forgive** *in a quote* | future | the snake *= snake* | you | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 3 | **meet** *in a quote* | present | condition | you | | | | whoever *nsubj*; first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent | | 4 | **reach** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | home *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | must | you | | the snake *= snake* | condition | for all eternity | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Theme for eternity=Asset | | 6 | **deceive** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | the snake *= snake* | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 7 | **not** **forget** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | the snake *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hide** *in a quote* | can | nobody | snake | | | ever | from the snake *= snake* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from i=Beneficiary | | 9 | **find** *in a quote* | shall | the snake *= snake* | you | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent you=Attribute clause=Theme | | 10 | **does** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | wherever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/34/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/34/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/34/)