--- title: Then the Eagle told him to pluck three feathers out of its tail, and… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Eagle told him to pluck three feathers out of its tail, and put in the hare, the stone, the splinters of wood and himself instead of them, and then he would be able to carry them all home. Who acts: Eagle, Farmer. 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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, Farmer), 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:pg540:43:76 # text = Then the Eagle told him to pluck three feathers out of its tail, and put in the hare, the stone, the splinters of wood and himself instead of them, and then he would be able to carry them all home. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 pluck pluck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 splinters splinter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 conj _ _ 30 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 32 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 nmod:unmarked _ _ 44 home home ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Eagle | | Farmer | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **pluck** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Eagle *not said here* | three feathers | | feather's tail | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme out tail=Source | | 3 | **put** | participle | the Eagle *not said here* | | | | | in the hare and the stone and the splinters of wood; instead splinters *= splinter* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hare=Destination | | 4 | **is** | would | Farmer | | | | then | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** | to-infinitive | Farmer *not said here* | splinters *= splinter* | | | | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/77/) - ↑ back to [Farmer Weatherbeard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/)