--- title: Before she had even reached the tree she felt herself borne up on st… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Before she had even reached the tree she felt herself borne up on strong wings ready to carry her to the clouds if she wished to go there, and seeming a mere speck in the sky, she was swept along till she beheld the Arch of St. Martin far below, with the rays of the sun shining on it. Who acts: Eagl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/98/) [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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/) / 98 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 25, sentence 98 Before she had even reached the tree she felt herself borne up on strong wings ready to carry her to the clouds if she wished to go there, and seeming a mere speck in the sky, she was swept along till she beheld the Arch of St. Martin far below, with the rays of the sun shining on it. **Who acts:** Eagle, rays · **What happens:** reach, feel, bear up, carry, wish, go · **To what, where:** tree, Eagle, strong wings, clouds, mere speck, sky This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Eagle, rays), 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:pg3027:25:98 # text = Before she had even reached the tree she felt herself borne up on strong wings ready to carry her to the clouds if she wished to go there, and seeming a mere speck in the sky, she was swept along till she beheld the Arch of St. Martin far below, with the rays of the sun shining on it. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 xcomp _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 seeming seem VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 speck speck NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 42 along along ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 till till SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Arch Arch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:desc _ _ 50 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 52 below below ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 60 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 acl _ _ 61 on on ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past · perfect | Eagle | the tree | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | past | Eagle | Eagle | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bear up** | participle | Eagle *not said here* | | | strong wings | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | Eagle *not said here* | Eagle | | the clouds | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to cloud=Destination | | 5 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Eagle | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Eagle *not said here* | | | there | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **seem** | gerund | Eagle *not said here* | a mere speck | | the sky | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme speck=Attribute | | 8 | **sweep along** | past · passive | | Eagle | | | | with the rays of the sun; along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **behold** | past | Eagle | the Arch of Martin St. | | | | below *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arch=Stimulus | | 10 | **shine** | gerund | the rays of the sun *not said here* | | | sun | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location | | 11 | **ray** | | | the sun | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)