--- title: “I will teach you to fly then,” said the Eagle; and taking her up in… — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · tree and pragmatics description: “I will teach you to fly then,” said the Eagle; and taking her up in his talons he carried her almost to the clouds suddenly he let her go, and she fell on a lofty mountain, dashing her shell to pieces. Who acts: Eagle, basking. 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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, basking), 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:pg21:4:26 # text = “I will teach you to fly then,” said the Eagle; and taking her up in his talons he carried her almost to the clouds suddenly he let her go, and she fell on a lofty mountain, dashing her shell to pieces. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 ccomp _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 talons talon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 almost almost ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 29 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 dashing dash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | the Eagle *= eagle* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **fly** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Eagle *= eagle* *not said here* | | | | then | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Eagle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take up** | gerund | | | Eagle | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 5 | **carry** | past | basking | Eagle | | basking's talons | | to the clouds | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to cloud=Destination | | 6 | **let** | past | basking | Eagle | | | | suddenly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | Eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **fall** | past | Eagle | | | a lofty mountain | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on mountain=Location | | 9 | **dash** | gerund | Eagle *not said here* | Eagle's shell | | | | to pieces *result* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent shell=Patient to piece=Result | 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:** «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop, Project Gutenberg book 21 (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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/27/) - ↑ back to [Aesop’s Fables, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/)