--- title: And they opened the golden case and there were snakes and frogs and… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And they opened the golden case and there were snakes and frogs and all sorts of dirt in it; and looked into the silver one, and they saw the same; and looked into the wooden one, and there trees with leaves and fruit were growing, which emitted sweet odours, and in the middle there was a church and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/40/) [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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/) / 40 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 18, sentence 40 And they opened the golden case and there were snakes and frogs and all sorts of dirt in it; and looked into the silver one, and they saw the same; and looked into the wooden one, and there trees with leaves and fruit were growing, which emitted sweet odours, and in the middle there was a church and an orchard. **Who acts:** cases, snakes, trees, church · **What happens:** open, be, look, see, grow, emit · **To what, where:** golden case, same, sweet odours, middle, dirt This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cases, snakes, trees, church), 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:pg62509:18:40 # text = And they opened the golden case and there were snakes and frogs and all sorts of dirt in it; and looked into the silver one, and they saw the same; and looked into the wooden one, and there trees with leaves and fruit were growing, which emitted sweet odours, and in the middle there was a church and an orchard. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 42 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 43 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 emitted emit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 53 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 odours odour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 60 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 61 expl _ _ 61 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 orchard orchard NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | cases *= case* | the golden case | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location case=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | snakes and frogs and dirt in dirt | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | | | | | | into the silver one | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into one=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | cases *= case* | the same | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer same=Stimulus | | 5 | **look** | past | cases *= case* *not said here* | | | | | into the wooden one | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into one=Theme | | 6 | **grow** | past · progressive | trees there with leaves and fruit | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **emit** | past | | sweet odours | | | | which *nsubj* | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source odour=Theme | | 8 | **be** | past | a church and a orchard | | | the middle; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location | | 9 | **sort** | | | dirt in dirt | | | | | nom sort «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. 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/18/)