--- title: In a few minutes he reached the one in which he had built his nest,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In a few minutes he reached the one in which he had built his nest, and laying little Wildrose (for so the old man had called her) among his downy young eaglets, he flew away. Who acts: eagle. 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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), 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:pg2435:9:108 # text = In a few minutes he reached the one in which he had built his nest, and laying little Wildrose (for so the old man had called her) among his downy young eaglets, he flew away. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Wildrose Wildrose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 31 among among ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 33 downy downy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 eaglets eaglet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | eagle | the one | | | minute | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 2 | **build** | past · perfect | eagle | eagle's nest | | | | in the one | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Product | | 3 | **lay** | gerund | eagle *not said here* | little Wildrose | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wildrose=Result | | 4 | **call** | past · perfect · passive | | the old man | | | | among eagle's downy young eaglets | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme she=Result | | 5 | **fly away** | past | eagle | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/109/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/9/)