--- title: And lo! there came an archer along that way, and seeing the eagle on… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And lo! there came an archer along that way, and seeing the eagle on the tree, he took aim at it; but the eagle besought him and said, "Do not kill me, and I'll be of great service to thee!" 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:pg29672:24:17 # text = And lo! there came an archer along that way, and seeing the eagle on the tree, he took aim at it; but the eagle besought him and said, "Do not kill me, and I'll be of great service to thee!" 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 lo lo INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 archer archer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 along along ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 13 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 aim aim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 47 to to ADP TO _ 48 case _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | a archer | | there | | along that way | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | gerund | eagle *not said here* | the eagle | | the tree | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eagle=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** | past | eagle | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 4 | **aim** | infinitive | eagle *not said here* | | | way | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **beseech** | past | the eagle | war | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | the eagle *= eagle* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | future | the eagle *= eagle* | | | | | of great service; to thee | tree rules | 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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/18/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)