--- title: While he was doing this the Eagle flew off to the man’s home with hi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: While he was doing this the Eagle flew off to the man’s home with him, and with the hare, and when they had got home the man went to the churchyard, and had some Christian earth laid upon the hare, and then it turned into his son Jack. Who acts: Farmer, Eagle, man, earth. 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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 (Farmer, Eagle, man, earth), 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:pg540:43:102 # text = While he was doing this the Eagle flew off to the man’s home with him, and with the hare, and when they had got home the man went to the churchyard, and had some Christian earth laid upon the hare, and then it turned into his son Jack. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 28 home home ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 churchyard churchyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 39 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Farmer | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **fly off** | past | the Eagle | | | | | to the man's home with Farmer *result*; with the hare | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to home=Result | | 3 | **get** | past · perfect | man | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **go** | past | the man | | | the churchyard | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to churchyard=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **have** | past | the Eagle *not said here* | some Christian earth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient | | 6 | **lay** | participle | | some Christian earth *not said here* | | | | upon the hare | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon hare=Destination | | 7 | **turn** | past | earth | | | | then | into Farmer's son *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into son=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/103/) - ↑ back to [Farmer Weatherbeard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/)