--- title: The man did so, and the eagle flew with him as high as the small fle… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The man did so, and the eagle flew with him as high as the small fleecy clouds, and then he shook him off, and down he fell headlong; but when he was but a hand's-breadth from the earth, the eagle again flew beneath him and held him up, and said to him, "How dost thou feel now?" 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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 (man, 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:pg29672:24:48 # text = The man did so, and the eagle flew with him as high as the small fleecy clouds, and then he shook him off, and down he fell headlong; but when he was but a hand's-breadth from the earth, the eagle again flew beneath him and held him up, and said to him, "How dost thou feel now?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 fleecy fleecy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 hand's hand's NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 50 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 " " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 64 advmod _ _ 64 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 65 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 64 obj _ _ 66 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ _ 67 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 66 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ? ? PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the man | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fly** | past | the eagle | | | | | with man | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **shake off** | past | eagle | man | | | then | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **fall** | past | eagle | | | | | down, headlong *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | eagle | a hand's breadth | | the earth | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fly** | past | the eagle | | | | again | beneath man | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent beneath he=Location | | 7 | **hold up** | past | the eagle *not said here* | man | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the eagle *not said here* | | man | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | present | the eagle *not said here* | thou | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **feel** *in a quote* | infinitive | the eagle *not said here* | | | | now | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/49/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)