--- title: As soon as the eagle saw itself free from its tormentors it plucked… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the eagle saw itself free from its tormentors it plucked a feather from its wing, and, handing it to the Prince, said: ‘Here, my kind benefactor, take this feather as a proof of my gratitude; should you ever be in need of my help blow this feather into the air, and I will help you as much --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/69/) [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/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/) / 69 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2, sentence 69 As soon as the eagle saw itself free from its tormentors it plucked a feather from its wing, and, handing it to the Prince, said: ‘Here, my kind benefactor, take this feather as a proof of my gratitude; should you ever be in need of my help blow this feather into the air, and I will help you as much as is in my power.’ **Who acts:** eagle, you, I, my · **What happens:** see, pluck, hand, say, take, be · **To what, where:** eagle, feather, wing, Prince, need, air · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eagle, you, I, my), 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:pg640:31:69 # text = As soon as the eagle saw itself free from its tormentors it plucked a feather from its wing, and, handing it to the Prince, said: ‘Here, my kind benefactor, take this feather as a proof of my gratitude; should you ever be in need of my help blow this feather into the air, and I will help you as much as is in my power.’ 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 tormentors tormentor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 handing hand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 ccomp _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 benefactor benefactor NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 49 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 52 advmod _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 57 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 58 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 into into ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 advcl _ _ 67 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 as as ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 obj _ _ 70 as as ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 71 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 74 cop _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the eagle | eagle | | | | free, soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer itself=Stimulus | | 2 | **pluck** | past | eagle | a feather | | eagle's wing | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from wing=Source | | 3 | **hand** | gerund | | eagle | the Prince | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to prince=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eagle *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | this feather | | | | as a proof of my gratitude | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent feather=Theme as proof=Attribute | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | | | | need | ever | of my help | tree rules | | 7 | **blow** | should | you | this feather | | the air | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent feather=Material into air=Product | | 8 | **help** | future | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | present | | | | | | as my power | tree rules | | 10 | **proof** | | | my gratitude | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **help** | | my | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/70/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)