--- title: He then came to the forecourt and he opened the green coffer, and in… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He then came to the forecourt and he opened the green coffer, and in front of him a wonderful garden spread out with every kind of tree in it, and the Tsar was so joyous, and forgot to give his son up. Who acts: multitude, wonderful garden, Tsar. 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 (multitude, wonderful garden, Tsar), 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:pg62509:29:109 # text = He then came to the forecourt and he opened the green coffer, and in front of him a wonderful garden spread out with every kind of tree in it, and the Tsar was so joyous, and forgot to give his son up. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 forecourt forecourt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 coffer coffer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 joyous joyous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 iobj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | multitude | | | the forecourt | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forecourt=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **open** | past | multitude | the green coffer | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coffer=Theme | | 3 | **spread out** | participle | a wonderful garden | | | front of multitude | | with tree in kind | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | the Tsar | | | | | joyous *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **forget** | past | multitude *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **give up** | to-infinitive | multitude *not said here* | | multitude's son | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Source | 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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