--- title: The archer, however, took aim a third time, but the eagle began to b… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The archer, however, took aim a third time, but the eagle began to beg of him most piteously, "Nay, kill me not, but take me home with thee, and thou shalt see what great advantage it will be to thee!" Who acts: archer, eagle, thou, advantage. 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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, advantage), 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:pg29672:24:19 # text = The archer, however, took aim a third time, but the eagle began to beg of him most piteously, "Nay, kill me not, but take me home with thee, and thou shalt see what great advantage it will be to thee!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 archer archer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 aim aim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 21 advmod _ _ 21 piteously piteously ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 home home ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 40 obj _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 47 to to ADP TO _ 48 case _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the archer | | | | | however *property* | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 2 | **aim** | infinitive | the archer *not said here* | | | | time | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **begin** | past | the eagle | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | the eagle *not said here* | | | | | of eagle; piteously *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | the eagle *not said here* | the eagle *= eagle* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the eagle *= eagle* | | | with thee; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | future | advantage | | | | | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/20/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)