--- title: I sprung from the ground as it were with the wing of an eagle; I kis… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: I sprung from the ground as it were with the wing of an eagle; I kissed the hem of his garment in an extasy of gratitude and joy; and when I went from my house, my heart leaped as if it had escaped from the den of a lion. Who acts: I, ground. 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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 (I, ground), 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:pg62868:8:16 # text = I sprung from the ground as it were with the wing of an eagle; I kissed the hem of his garment in an extasy of gratitude and joy; and when I went from my house, my heart leaped as if it had escaped from the den of a lion. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hem hem NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 extasy extasy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring** | participle | I | | | the ground | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from ground=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | past | ground | | | | | with the wing; of a eagle | tree rules | | 3 | **kiss** | past | I | the hem of eagle's garment in a extasy of gratitude and joy | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hem=Co-Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | I | | | my house my heart | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from house=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **leap** | participle | | my heart *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **escape** | past · perfect · passive | | ground | | the den of a lion | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | 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:** «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/)