--- title: He got out on the shore, and he remembered the two coffers, and bega… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He got out on the shore, and he remembered the two coffers, and began to wonder what was in them, and why the eagle had bidden him not to open them; and he thought and thought, and his patience gave way. Who acts: eagle, patience. 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 (eagle, patience), 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:pg62509:29:91 # text = He got out on the shore, and he remembered the two coffers, and began to wonder what was in them, and why the eagle had bidden him not to open them; and he thought and thought, and his patience gave way. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 coffers coffer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 wonder wonder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get out** | past | eagle | | | the shore | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **remember** | past | eagle | the two coffers | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent coffer=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | what *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **bid** | past · perfect · passive | | the eagle | | | | man *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **open** | to-infinitive | | coffers *= coffer* | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | eagle | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **give** | past | eagle's patience | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/)