--- title: No small eagle was she, for her beak was six times longer than the l… — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · tree and pragmatics description: No small eagle was she, for her beak was six times longer than the longest boat oar, her talons were like the sharpened scythes of the mowers in the meadows of Hero Land, and her eyes glittered like two great suns glaring down from the top of the sky. Who acts: small eagle, eagle, talons, eyes. 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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 (small eagle, eagle, talons, eyes), 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:pg66819:25:86 # text = No small eagle was she, for her beak was six times longer than the longest boat oar, her talons were like the sharpened scythes of the mowers in the meadows of Hero Land, and her eyes glittered like two great suns glaring down from the top of the sky. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 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 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 11 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 amod _ _ 17 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 oar oar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 talons talon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 sharpened sharpen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 scythes scythe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 mowers mower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Hero Hero PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 Land Land PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 glittered glitter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 suns sun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 glaring glare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ _ 46 down down ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | no small eagle | eagle | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | eagle | | | | | than the longest boat oar and the sharpened scythes; for eagle's beak; long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sharpen** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | eagle's talons | | | | | like the sharpened scythes; of the mowers in the meadows of Hero | tree rules | | 5 | **glitter** | past | eagle's eyes | | | | | like two great suns | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **glare down** | gerund | two great suns *not said here* | | | | | from the top of the sky; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from top=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 Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 66819 (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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/87/) - ↑ back to [The Great Pike](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/25/)