--- title: The falcon flew to a tree and spread his wings in the sun to dry, bu… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The falcon flew to a tree and spread his wings in the sun to dry, but the cat, after giving herself a good shake, began to scratch up the sandy banks and to throw the bits into the stream. Who acts: falcon. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 15, with its dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/25/) [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/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/) / 25 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 15, sentence 25 The falcon flew to a tree and spread his wings in the sun to dry, but the cat, after giving herself a good shake, began to scratch up the sandy banks and to throw the bits into the stream. **Who acts:** falcon · **What happens:** fly, spread, dry, give, begin, scratch up · **To what, where:** wings, sun, good shake, cat, sandy banks, bits This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (falcon), 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:pg3027:15:25 # text = The falcon flew to a tree and spread his wings in the sun to dry, but the cat, after giving herself a good shake, began to scratch up the sandy banks and to throw the bits into the stream. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 after after SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 23 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 iobj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 shake shake NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 sandy sandy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | the falcon | | | | | to a tree *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to tree=Result | | 2 | **spread** | past | the falcon *not said here* | falcon's wings | | the sun | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wing=Theme in sun=Destination | | 3 | **dry** | to-infinitive | the falcon *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **give** | gerund | the falcon *not said here* | a good shake | cat | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient shake=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | the falcon *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **scratch up** | to-infinitive | the falcon *not said here* | the sandy banks | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Theme | | 7 | **throw** | to-infinitive | the falcon *not said here* | the bits | | | | into the stream *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer bit=Theme into stream=Result | 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:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/)