--- title: I soon heard the flapping of their mighty wings above me, and had th… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: I soon heard the flapping of their mighty wings above me, and had the satisfaction of feeling one of them seize upon my piece of meat, and me with it, and rise slowly towards his nest, into which he presently dropped me. Who acts: I, satisfaction, one, way. 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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 (I, satisfaction, one, way), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:14:44 # text = I soon heard the flapping of their mighty wings above me, and had the satisfaction of feeling one of them seize upon my piece of meat, and me with it, and rise slowly towards his nest, into which he presently dropped me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 flapping flapping NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 above above ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 satisfaction satisfaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 seize seize VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 rise rise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 towards towards ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 presently presently ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | I | the flapping of eagles's mighty wings above me | | | | me *obl*; soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer flapping=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | past | I *not said here* | the satisfaction | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent satisfaction=Patient | | 3 | **feel** | gerund | the satisfaction *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **seize** | present | one of eagles | | | | | upon my piece of meat | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rise** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | way's nest | | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards nest=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **drop** | past | way | me | | | | presently *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme into which=Destination | | 7 | **flap** | | | eagles's mighty wings above me | | | | | nom flapping «event 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:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/14/)