--- title: And the eagle said to the archer, "Go to my house, and when they ask… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the eagle said to the archer, "Go to my house, and when they ask thee, 'Hast thou not seen our poor child?' reply, 'Give me the magic egg, and I'll bring him before your eyes!'" Who acts: eagle, bones, thou. 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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, bones, thou), 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:pg29672:24:54 # text = And the eagle said to the archer, "Go to my house, and when they ask thee, 'Hast thou not seen our poor child?' reply, 'Give me the magic egg, and I'll bring him before your eyes!'" 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 archer archer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 ccomp _ _ 26 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 31 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the eagle | | the archer | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to archer=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | my house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | bones *= bone* | thee | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | bones *= bone* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | participle | thou | our poor child | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the magic egg | the eagle *= eagle* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient egg=Theme | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | the eagle *= eagle* | eagle | | your eyes | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme before eye=Destination | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/55/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)