--- title: And the eagle shook the Tsar off into the middle of the sea, and the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the eagle shook the Tsar off into the middle of the sea, and the Tsar was wetted up to his waist, but the eagle supported him by his wing and asked him, “Why, Tsar my master, why are you frightened?” Who acts: eagle. A sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. 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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), 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:pg62509:29:56 # text = And the eagle shook the Tsar off into the middle of the sea, and the Tsar was wetted up to his waist, but the eagle supported him by his wing and asked him, “Why, Tsar my master, why are you frightened?” 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 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 wetted wett VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 supported support VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake off** | past | the eagle | the Tsar | | the middle of the sea | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tsar=Theme into middle=Destination | | 2 | **wett up** | past · passive | | the Tsar | | | | to eagle's waist | tree rules | | 3 | **support** | past | the eagle | father | | | | by eagle's wing | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the eagle *not said here* | | eagle | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **frighten** *in a quote* | present · passive | | eagle | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/)