--- title: In the morning the eagle returned and saw traces of a fight below th… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the morning the eagle returned and saw traces of a fight below the tree, and here and there a handful of yellow mane lying about, and here and there a hard scaly substance; when he saw that he rejoiced greatly, and hastened to the nest. Who acts: eagle, yellow mane, handful. 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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, yellow mane, handful), 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:pg2435:10:11 # text = In the morning the eagle returned and saw traces of a fight below the tree, and here and there a handful of yellow mane lying about, and here and there a hard scaly substance; when he saw that he rejoiced greatly, and hastened to the nest. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 traces trace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 below below ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 mane mane NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 about about ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 scaly scaly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 44 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the eagle | | | | morning | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | the eagle *not said here* | traces of a fight below the tree | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trace=Stimulus | | 3 | **lie** | gerund | yellow mane *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | past | handful | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **rejoice** | past | handful | | | | | greatly *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **hasten** | participle | handful *not said here* | | | the nest | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to nest=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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/12/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/)