text_original: But she set another task for him, telling him she would marry him if he could peel a block of sandstone and cut a whip handle from ice without making a single splinter. And Wainamoinen did both these things, but still the maiden refused to go until he had performed a third task. This was to make from the splinters of her distaff a little ship, and to launch it into the water without touching it. Then Wainamoinen took the pieces of her distaff and set to work.
text_transcription: BUT SHE SET ANOTHER TASK FOR HIM TELLING HIM SHE WOULD MARRY HIM IF HE COULD PEEL A BLOCK OF SANDSTONE AND CUT A WHIP HANDLE FROM ICE WITHOUT MAKING A SINGLE SPLINTER AND VAN ARAMOIDEN DID BOTH THESE THINGS BUT STILL THE MAIDEN REFUSED TO GO UNTIL HE HAD PERFORMED THE THIRD TASK THIS WAS TO MAKE FROM THE SPLINTERS OF HER DISTAFF A LITTLE SHIP AND TO LAUNCH IT INTO THE WATER WITHOUT TOUCHING IT THEN VANAMOINEN TOOK THE PIECES OF HER DISTAFF AND SET TO WORK
phonemes: bˌʌt ʃiː sˈɛt ɐnˈʌðɚ tˈæsk fɔːɹ hˌɪm, tˈɛlɪŋ hˌɪm ʃiː wʊd mˈæɹi hˌɪm ɪf hiː kʊd pˈiːl ɐ blˈɑːk ʌv sˈændstoʊn ænd kˈʌt ɐ wˈɪp hˈændəl fɹʌm ˈaɪs wɪðˌaʊt mˌeɪkɪŋ ɐ sˈɪŋɡəl splˈɪntɚ. ænd wˈeɪnɐmˌɔɪnən dˈɪd bˈoʊθ ðiːz θˈɪŋz, bˌʌt stˈɪl ðə mˈeɪdən ɹᵻfjˈuːzd tə ɡˌoʊ ʌntˈɪl hiː hæd pɚfˈɔːɹmd ɐ θˈɜːd tˈæsk. ðɪs wʌz tə mˌeɪk fɹʌmðə splˈɪntɚz ʌv hɜː dɪstˈæf ɐ lˈɪɾəl ʃˈɪp, ænd tə lˈɑːntʃ ɪɾ ˌɪntʊ ðə wˈɔːɾɚ wɪðˌaʊt tˈʌtʃɪŋ ɪt. ðˈɛn wˈeɪnɐmˌɔɪnən tˈʊk ðə pˈiːsᵻz ʌv hɜː dɪstˈæf ænd sˈɛt tə wˈɜːk.