--- title: He so badly wanted to know, and so he took the red coffer, put it on… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He so badly wanted to know, and so he took the red coffer, put it on the ground and opened it, and out of it all sorts of cattle came out, so many that the eye could not count, and they almost filled the entire island. Who acts: eagle, red coffer, cattle, eye. 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N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eagle, red coffer, cattle, eye), 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:pg62509:29:92 # text = He so badly wanted to know, and so he took the red coffer, put it on the ground and opened it, and out of it all sorts of cattle came out, so many that the eye could not count, and they almost filled the entire island. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 coffer coffer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 26 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 34 out out ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 almost almost ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | eagle | | | | | badly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **take** | past | eagle | the red coffer | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffer=Theme | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | the red coffer *not said here* | way | | the ground | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on ground=Destination | | 5 | **open** | past | eagle *not said here* | way | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 6 | **come out** | past | cattle | | | way | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **not** **count** | could | the eye | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **fill** | past | coffers *= coffer* | the entire island | | | | almost *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent island=Patient | | 9 | **sort** | | | cattle | | | | | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/93/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/)