--- title: “Beneath the sea, the sea of Khvalýnsk [the Caspian], there stands a… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Beneath the sea, the sea of Khvalýnsk [the Caspian], there stands a house of bronze, and in that house of bronze the fiery serpent is enchained, and under the fiery serpent lies the seven _pud_ key from the castle of the Prince, the Prince Vladímir, and in the princely castle, the castle of Vladími --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/37/) [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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/) / 37 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 40, sentence 37 “Beneath the sea, the sea of Khvalýnsk \[the Caspian\], there stands a house of bronze, and in that house of bronze the fiery serpent is enchained, and under the fiery serpent lies the seven \_pud\_ key from the castle of the Prince, the Prince Vladímir, and in the princely castle, the castle of Vladímir, are laid the knightly trappings of the knights of Nóvgorod, of the youthful war-men. **What happens:** stand, enchain, lie, lay · **To what, where:** house, sea, fiery serpent, seven pud, knightly trappings, princely castle This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 40. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg62509:40:37 # text = “Beneath the sea, the sea of Khvalýnsk [the Caspian], there stands a house of bronze, and in that house of bronze the fiery serpent is enchained, and under the fiery serpent lies the seven _pud_ key from the castle of the Prince, the Prince Vladímir, and in the princely castle, the castle of Vladímir, are laid the knightly trappings of the knights of Nóvgorod, of the youthful war-men. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Beneath beneath ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Khvalýnsk Khvalýnsk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Caspian Caspian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 enchained enchain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 under under ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 39 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 pud pud NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 45 punct _ _ 45 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod:desc _ _ 55 Vladímir Vladímir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 princely princely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 Vladímir Vladímir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 68 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 knightly knightly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 trappings trapping NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nmod _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 Nóvgorod Nóvgorod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 81 youthful youthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 amod _ _ 82 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 83 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | | a house of bronze | | the sea; there | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent house=Theme beneath sea=Destination | | 2 | **enchain** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the fiery serpent | | that house of bronze | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | | the seven pud | | the fiery serpent | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pud=Theme | | 4 | **lay** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the knightly trappings of the knights of Nóvgorod and the youthful war men | | the princely castle and the castle of Vladímir | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: trapping=Theme in castle=Destination | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/40/)