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title: They heard the child crying in the eagle's nest: "Oo-oo! oo-oo! oo-o… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: They heard the child crying in the eagle's nest: "Oo-oo! oo-oo! oo-oo!" so they went up to the oak on which was the nest and said one to another, "Let us hew down the tree and kill the child!"--"No," replied one of them, "it were better to climb up the tree and bring him down alive." Who acts: bandi
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# Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, sentence 141

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They heard the child crying in the eagle's nest: "Oo-oo! oo-oo! oo-oo!" so they went up to the oak on which was the nest and said one to another, "Let us hew down the tree and kill the child!"--"No," replied one of them, "it were better to climb up the tree and bring him down alive."

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**Who acts:** bandits, child, oak, one, us · **What happens:** hear, cry, go up, be, say, let · **To what, where:** child, nest, us, tree, one, eagle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Vampire and St Michael. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bandits, child, oak, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg29672:8:141
# text = They heard the child crying in the eagle's nest: "Oo-oo! oo-oo! oo-oo!" so they went up to the oak on which was the nest and said one to another, "Let us hew down the tree and kill the child!"--"No," replied one of them, "it were better to climb up the tree and bring him down alive."
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Oo	Oo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	oo	oo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
17	oo	oo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	oo	oo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
21	oo	oo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	oo	oo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
26	so	so	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
29	up	up	ADP	RP	_	28	compound:prt	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	acl:relcl	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
40	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	nsubj	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	ccomp	_	_
46	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	hew	hew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	xcomp	_	_
48	down	down	ADP	RP	_	47	compound:prt	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	conj	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	62	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	59	punct	_	_
62	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	parataxis	_	_
63	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	62	obj	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
67	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	70	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	expl	_	_
69	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	cop	_	_
70	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	62	parataxis	_	_
71	to	to	PART	TO	_	72	mark	_	_
72	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	csubj	_	_
73	up	up	ADP	RP	_	72	compound:prt	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obj	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
77	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	conj	_	_
78	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	77	obj	_	_
79	down	down	ADP	RP	_	77	compound:prt	_	_
80	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | bandits *= bandit* | the child |  |  |  | Oo oo and oo oo *obl* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the child *not said here* |  |  | the eagle's nest |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nest=Location |
| 3 | **go up** | past | bandits *= bandit* |  |  |  |  | to the oak | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **is a** | past | the oak | the nest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | one to another |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **hew down** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
| 8 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 9 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past |  | one of bandits |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **is** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **climb up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |
| 12 | **bring down** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | eagle |  |  | alive *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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