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title: And Jattayu consented; and they circled, Little-Eagle Sanpati and Bi… — Indian tales of the great ones among men, women,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Jattayu consented; and they circled, Little-Eagle Sanpati and Big-Brother Jattayu, higher and higher, till they got so near to the sun that even Jattayu had had enough, and turned to fly back to the safe quiet nest in the white earth mountains, taking Little-Eagle Sanpati with him. Who acts: Jat
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# Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people, Opening, part 1, sentence 51

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And Jattayu consented; and they circled, Little-Eagle Sanpati and Big-Brother Jattayu, higher and higher, till they got so near to the sun that even Jattayu had had enough, and turned to fly back to the safe quiet nest in the white earth mountains, taking Little-Eagle Sanpati with him.

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**Who acts:** Jattayu · **What happens:** consent, circle, get, have, turn, fly back · **To what, where:** Eagle Sanpati, sun, white earth mountains, Little Eagle Sanpati

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This is a sentence of «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jattayu), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg69647:1:51
# text = And Jattayu consented; and they circled, Little-Eagle Sanpati and Big-Brother Jattayu, higher and higher, till they got so near to the sun that even Jattayu had had enough, and turned to fly back to the safe quiet nest in the white earth mountains, taking Little-Eagle Sanpati with him.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Jattayu	Jattayu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	consented	consent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	circled	circle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Sanpati	Sanpati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Brother	Brother	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
17	Jattayu	Jattayu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	conj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
26	so	so	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	near	near	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
31	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	35	obj	_	_
32	even	even	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	Jattayu	Jattayu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
34	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	30	acl:relcl	_	_
36	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	xcomp	_	_
42	back	back	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
45	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
46	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
50	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
51	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
52	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
54	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	39	advcl	_	_
55	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	Sanpati	Sanpati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
59	with	with	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consent** | past | Jattayu |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **circle** | past | Jattayu | Eagle Sanpati and Big and Brother |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | past | Jattayu |  |  |  |  | to the sun *result*; near *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to sun=Result |
| 4 | **have** | past · perfect | Jattayu | the sun |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |
| 5 | **turn** | past | Jattayu *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **fly back** | to-infinitive | Jattayu *not said here* |  |  | the white earth mountains |  | to the safe quiet nest | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |
| 7 | **take** | gerund | Jattayu *not said here* |  | Little Eagle Sanpati |  |  | with Sanpati | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument sanpati=Destination |

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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.

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**Text:** «Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people» by Cornelia Sorabji, Project Gutenberg book 69647 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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