--- title: The archer aimed a second time, but the eagle besought him still mor… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The archer aimed a second time, but the eagle besought him still more and said, "Take me down rather and keep me, and thou shalt see that it will be to thy advantage." Who acts: archer, eagle, thou, service. 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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 (archer, eagle, thou, service), 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:pg29672:24:18 # text = The archer aimed a second time, but the eagle besought him still more and said, "Take me down rather and keep me, and thou shalt see that it will be to thy advantage." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 archer archer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 aimed aim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 still still ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 rather rather ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **aim** | past | the archer | | | | time | | vn wish-62 «NP V that S»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **beseech** | past | the eagle | archer | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take down** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the eagle *= eagle* | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the eagle *= eagle* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | future | service | | | | | to thy advantage | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/19/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)