--- title: He flew round and about the whole day till evening, when he returned… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He flew round and about the whole day till evening, when he returned to the archer and said, "I am stronger than I was, but I have still but little strength in me, slay me the steer also!" 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:pg29672:24:30 # text = He flew round and about the whole day till evening, when he returned to the archer and said, "I am stronger than I was, but I have still but little strength in me, slay me the steer also!" 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 till till ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 archer archer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 parataxis _ _ 25 than than SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 still still ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 slay slay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 steer steer NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 also also ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | eagle | | | | | round *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | past | eagle | | | | | to the archer *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to archer=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | eagle | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | past | eagle | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | eagle | | | | still | in eagle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **slay** *in a quote* | infinitive | eagle *not said here* | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/31/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)