--- title: And the eagle was angry, leaped up from the table, laid hold on the… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the eagle was angry, leaped up from the table, laid hold on the Tsar and flew with him yet farther; and they flew on and on, and the eagle said to the Tsar, “Look, what is there behind us?” Who acts: eagle, TSAR. 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, TSAR), 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:pg62509:29:82 # text = And the eagle was angry, leaped up from the table, laid hold on the Tsar and flew with him yet farther; and they flew on and on, and the eagle said to the Tsar, “Look, what is there behind us?” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 laid laid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 yet yet ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 on on ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 on on ADV RB _ 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 45 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 46 behind behind ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the eagle | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leap up** | participle | the eagle *not said here* | | | the table | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from table=Trajectory | | 3 | **fly** | past | the eagle *not said here* | | | | yet | with eagle; far *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fly** | past | TSAR | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the eagle | | the Tsar | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to tsar=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/29/)