--- title: And the eagle tried his wings, but no, he could not fly; and he aske… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the eagle tried his wings, but no, he could not fly; and he asked him, “Now, Tsar my master, you have fed me for two years, even as you said; now feed me one year more. Who acts: eagle, VASILÍSA. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 29, with its dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/43/) [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/) / 43 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 29, sentence 43 And the eagle tried his wings, but no, he could not fly; and he asked him, “Now, Tsar my master, you have fed me for two years, even as you said; now feed me one year more. **Who acts:** eagle, VASILÍSA · **What happens:** try, not fly, ask, feed, say · **To what, where:** wings, VASILÍSA, Tsar, more, 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, VASILÍSA), 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:pg62509:29:43 # text = And the eagle tried his wings, but no, he could not fly; and he asked him, “Now, Tsar my master, you have fed me for two years, even as you said; now feed me one year more. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 even even ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 42 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 46 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | the eagle | eagle's wings | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **fly** | could | eagle | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | eagle | | VASILÍSA *= vasilísa* | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **feed** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Tsar | | | now; year | you *nsubj*; me *obj* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | VASILÍSA *= vasilísa* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **feed** *in a quote* | infinitive | the eagle *not said here* | more | eagle | | now; year | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient more=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:** «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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/)