--- title: ‘An eagle is playing with it just now, but he will be here with it i… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘An eagle is playing with it just now, but he will be here with it in an instant;’ and a few minutes after there was a sound of wings, and an eagle came fluttering towards them with the veil in his beak. Who acts: eagle, few minutes. 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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, few minutes), 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:pg5615:38:96 # text = ‘An eagle is playing with it just now, but he will be here with it in an instant;’ and a few minutes after there was a sound of wings, and an eagle came fluttering towards them with the veil in his beak. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 parataxis _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 27 after after SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 fluttering flutter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ _ 40 towards towards ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present · progressive | a eagle | | | | now | with voice | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | future | eagle | | | a instant | | with voice; here *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | a few minutes | a sound | | | | of wings | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | a eagle | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **flutter** | gerund | a eagle *not said here* | | | | | towards wings *= wing*; with the veil in eagle's beak | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/97/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/)