--- title: And he flew before them, as fast as his old wings would carry him, t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he flew before them, as fast as his old wings would carry him, till he reached the eagle of Gwern Abbey, but when they inquired of the eagle whether he knew aught of Mabon he shook his head. Who acts: eagle, old wings, wings, aught. 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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, old wings, wings, aught), 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:pg3454:39:114 # text = And he flew before them, as fast as his old wings would carry him, till he reached the eagle of Gwern Abbey, but when they inquired of the eagle whether he knew aught of Mabon he shook his head. 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 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 till till SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Gwern Gwern PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 Abbey Abbey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 40 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Mabon Mabon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | eagle | | | | before men *= man* | fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent before they=Location | | 2 | **carry** | would | eagle's old wings | eagle | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | past | eagle | the eagle of Gwern | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme | | 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | wings *= wing* | | | | | of the eagle | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of eagle=Recipient | | 5 | **know** | past | eagle | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **shake** | past | aught | eagle's head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/115/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/)