--- title: Down plumped the man; but the eagle did not let him fall to the eart… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Down plumped the man; but the eagle did not let him fall to the earth, but swiftly flew beneath him and upheld him, and said to him, "How dost thou feel now?"--"I feel," said the man, "as if I had no life in me."--Then the eagle replied, "That was just how I felt when thou didst aim at me the first --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/40/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/) / [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/) / 40 # Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Magic Egg, sentence 40 Down plumped the man; but the eagle did not let him fall to the earth, but swiftly flew beneath him and upheld him, and said to him, "How dost thou feel now?"--"I feel," said the man, "as if I had no life in me."--Then the eagle replied, "That was just how I felt when thou didst aim at me the first time." **Who acts:** Down, eagle, man, That, thou · **What happens:** plump, not let, fall, fly, uphold, say · **To what, where:** man, eagle, thou, life, aim · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Magic Egg. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Down, eagle, man, That), 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:pg29672:24:40 # text = Down plumped the man; but the eagle did not let him fall to the earth, but swiftly flew beneath him and upheld him, and said to him, "How dost thou feel now?"--"I feel," said the man, "as if I had no life in me."--Then the eagle replied, "That was just how I felt when thou didst aim at me the first time." 1 Down Down PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 plumped plump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 upheld uphold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 34 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 55 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 56 det _ _ 56 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 -- -- PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 65 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 67 " " PUNCT `` _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 71 nsubj _ _ 69 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 70 just just ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 71 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 73 advmod _ _ 72 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ _ 74 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 76 advmod _ _ 75 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 76 nsubj _ _ 76 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 advcl _ _ 77 aim aim NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obj _ _ 78 at at ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 76 obl _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 81 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 82 amod _ _ 82 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plump** | past | Down | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **let** | past · do-support | the eagle | man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | to the earth | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme | | 4 | **fly** | past | | | | | | beneath eagle; swiftly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath he=Location | | 5 | **uphold** | past | | eagle | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | eagle | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | present | | thou | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **feel** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | now | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | eagle | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | the man *= man* | no life | | | | in the man *= man* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | | 12 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | the eagle | | | | then | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | past | That | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **feel** *in a quote* | past | the eagle *= eagle* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 15 | **do** *in a quote* | past | thou | aim | | | time | at the eagle *= eagle* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Eventuality | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/41/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)