--- title: And he flew away to a farmhouse a mile or two off, and brought back… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he flew away to a farmhouse a mile or two off, and brought back a nest of eggs in his strong beak; while the owl, catching up a tin pot, went to a cottage where lived an old woman and her cow, and entering the shed by the window dipped the pot into the pail of new milk that stood there. 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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, entering, new milk), 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:pg3027:26:86 # text = And he flew away to a farmhouse a mile or two off, and brought back a nest of eggs in his strong beak; while the owl, catching up a tin pot, went to a cottage where lived an old woman and her cow, and entering the shed by the window dipped the pot into the pail of new milk that stood there. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 farmhouse farmhouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 appos _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 while while SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 catching catch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 41 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 50 entering enter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 csubj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 shed shed NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 56 dipped dip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 into into ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 65 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 66 nsubj _ _ 66 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ _ 67 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 66 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | past | Eagle | | | a farmhouse a mile | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to farmhouse=Destination | | 2 | **bring back** | past | Eagle *not said here* | a nest of eggs | | Eagle's strong beak | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent nest=Theme | | 3 | **catch up** | gerund | Eagle *not said here* | a tin pot | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | Eagle *not said here* | | | a cottage | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cottage=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **live** | participle | | a old woman and thing's cow | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme woman=Location | | 6 | **enter** | gerund | | the shed | | | | by the window | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shed=Destination | | 7 | **dip** | past | entering | the pot | | the pail of new milk | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pot=Theme into pail=Destination | | 8 | **stand** | past | new milk | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/87/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/26/)