--- title: So for the third time the eagle spoke to him, “Do not shoot me, Tsar… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So for the third time the eagle spoke to him, “Do not shoot me, Tsar my master, rather take me to yourself, and feed me for three years; and at some time I shall be of service to you.” Who acts: eagle. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 29, with its dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/40/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/) / 40 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 29, sentence 40 So for the third time the eagle spoke to him, “Do not shoot me, Tsar my master, rather take me to yourself, and feed me for three years; and at some time I shall be of service to you.” **Who acts:** eagle · **What happens:** speak, not shoot, take, feed, be · **To what, where:** VASILÍSA, master, eagle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eagle), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:29:40 # text = So for the third time the eagle spoke to him, “Do not shoot me, Tsar my master, rather take me to yourself, and feed me for three years; and at some time I shall be of service to you.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 vocative _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 rather rather ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 feed feed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the eagle | | VASILÍSA *= vasilísa* | | time | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 2 | **not** **shoot** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | the eagle *not said here* | my master | the eagle *= eagle* | | | Tsar *vocative* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination master=Theme | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the eagle *= eagle* | VASILÍSA *= vasilísa* | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to yourself=Destination | | 4 | **feed** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the eagle *= eagle* | | year | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | the eagle *= eagle* | | VASILÍSA *= vasilísa* | | time | of service | tree rules | 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:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/)