--- title: The eagle flew round and round, he flew about for half a day, and th… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The eagle flew round and round, he flew about for half a day, and then he returned to the archer and said, "I feel I have but little strength in me, slay me another cow!" 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:pg29672:24:27 # text = The eagle flew round and round, he flew about for half a day, and then he returned to the archer and said, "I feel I have but little strength in me, slay me another cow!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 14 det:predet _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 archer archer NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 slay slay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | the eagle | | | | | round *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | past | eagle | | | | day | about *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **return** | past | eagle | | | | then | to the archer *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to archer=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | the eagle *= eagle* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the eagle *= eagle* | little strength | | | | in the eagle *= eagle* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 7 | **slay** *in a quote* | infinitive | the eagle *= eagle* *not said here* | the eagle *= eagle* | | | | | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/28/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)