--- title: Presently the eagles came flying in, and changed themselves into you… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Presently the eagles came flying in, and changed themselves into young men, and in a moment the Princess recognised her husband amongst them all, and tried to come out of her hiding-place; but the old man held her back. Who acts: eagles, Princess, old man. 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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 (eagles, Princess, old man), 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:pg640:7:92 # text = Presently the eagles came flying in, and changed themselves into young men, and in a moment the Princess recognised her husband amongst them all, and tried to come out of her hiding-place; but the old man held her back. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the eagles | | | | | presently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fly in** | gerund | the eagles *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **change** | past | the eagles *not said here* | orders *= order* | | | | into young men *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient into man=Result | | 4 | **recognise** | past | the Princess | Princess's husband | | | moment | amongst orders *= order* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer husband=Stimulus | | 5 | **try** | past | the eagles *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **come out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the eagles *not said here* | Princess's hiding place | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient place=Result | | 7 | **hold back** | past | the old man | Princess | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/93/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Crab(5)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/)