--- title: Then the eagle's father rejoiced and gave him the egg, and said to h… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the eagle's father rejoiced and gave him the egg, and said to him, "Take heed thou dost not break it anywhere on the road, and when thou gettest home, hedge it round and build a strong fence about it, and it will do thee good." Who acts: father, thou, egg. 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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 (father, thou, egg), 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:pg29672:24:62 # text = Then the eagle's father rejoiced and gave him the egg, and said to him, "Take heed thou dost not break it anywhere on the road, and when thou gettest home, hedge it round and build a strong fence about it, and it will do thee good." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 20 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 22 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 gettest get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 35 home home ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 37 hedge hedge VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 round round ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 build build VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 about about ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 52 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 obj _ _ 53 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | past | the eagle's father | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | the eagle's father *not said here* | the egg | eagle | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient egg=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eagle's father *not said here* | | eagle | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | heed | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Theme | | 5 | **not** **break** *in a quote* | present · do-support | thou | egg | | the road | | anywhere *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **hedge** *in a quote* | infinitive | | egg | | | | round *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **build** *in a quote* | present | | a strong fence | | | | about egg | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fence=Product | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | future | egg | thee | | | | | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/63/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/24/)