--- title: May be long, may be short, at last they arrived at the kingdom named… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: May be long, may be short, at last they arrived at the kingdom named: the king saw his daughter and was overjoyed, began expressing his thanks and gave the Cossack sacks full of gold and pearls: but the doughty youth answered him, “I desire neither gold nor pearls, give me as a remembrance of you si --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/34/98/) [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/) / 98 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 34, sentence 98 May be long, may be short, at last they arrived at the kingdom named: the king saw his daughter and was overjoyed, began expressing his thanks and gave the Cossack sacks full of gold and pearls: but the doughty youth answered him, “I desire neither gold nor pearls, give me as a remembrance of you simply the keg which is lying in your cellar.” **Who acts:** palace, king, Cossack, doughty youth, keg · **What happens:** be, arrive, name, see, overjoy, begin · **To what, where:** last, daughter, thanks, Cossack, gold, keg · **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 (palace, king, Cossack, doughty 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:pg62509:34:98 # text = May be long, may be short, at last they arrived at the kingdom named: the king saw his daughter and was overjoyed, began expressing his thanks and gave the Cossack sacks full of gold and pearls: but the doughty youth answered him, “I desire neither gold nor pearls, give me as a remembrance of you simply the keg which is lying in your cellar.” 1 May may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 expressing express VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 xcomp _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Cossack cossack NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sacks sack VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 doughty doughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 52 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 55 cc _ _ 55 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 iobj _ _ 59 as as ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nmod _ _ 64 simply simply ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 keg keg NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 67 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 68 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 66 acl:relcl _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | may | | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **arrive** | past | palace | | | last | | at the kingdom | tree rules | | 4 | **name** | participle | palace *not said here* | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | past | the king | king's daughter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | | 6 | **overjoy** | past · passive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **begin** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **express** | gerund | the king *not said here* | king's thanks | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 9 | **give** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **sack** | present | the Cossack | | | | | full *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the doughty youth | | Cossack | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | the doughty youth *= youth* | neither gold nor pearls | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme | | 13 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | the doughty youth *= youth* *not said here* | the keg | the doughty youth *= youth* | | | as a remembrance of you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 14 | **lie** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the keg | | | your cellar | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location | | 15 | **remember** *in a quote* | | | you | | | | | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=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. 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