--- title: Full of curiosity, Iwanich hurried up to the spot, and saw that a la… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Full of curiosity, Iwanich hurried up to the spot, and saw that a large number of ravens had attacked an eagle, and although the eagle was big and powerful and was making a brave fight, it was overpowered at last by numbers, and had to give in. Who acts: Full Iwanich, eagle, numbers. 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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 (Full Iwanich, eagle, numbers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg640:31:67 # text = Full of curiosity, Iwanich hurried up to the spot, and saw that a large number of ravens had attacked an eagle, and although the eagle was big and powerful and was making a brave fight, it was overpowered at last by numbers, and had to give in. 1 Full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 Iwanich Iwanich PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 ravens raven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 attacked attack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 26 although although SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 advcl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 overpowered overpower VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 in in ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurry up** | past | Full Iwanich | | | the spot | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to spot=Destination | | 2 | **see** | past | Full Iwanich *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **attack** | past · perfect · passive | | a large number of ravens | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | the eagle | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | the eagle *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past · progressive | the eagle *not said here* | a brave fight | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fight=Product | | 7 | **overpower** | past · passive | numbers | eagle | | last | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | Full Iwanich *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **give in** | to-infinitive | Full Iwanich *not said here* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/68/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)