--- title: The Prince seeing the danger of the young birds, drew his sword, and… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince seeing the danger of the young birds, drew his sword, and killed the serpent; at the same moment a rushing sound was heard in the air, and the two old eagles, who had been out hunting for food for their young ones, returned. Who acts: Prince, two old eagles. 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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 (Prince, two old eagles), 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:pg7128:10:53 # text = The Prince seeing the danger of the young birds, drew his sword, and killed the serpent; at the same moment a rushing sound was heard in the air, and the two old eagles, who had been out hunting for food for their young ones, returned. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 amod _ _ 26 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 aux _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 acl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | the danger of the young birds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer danger=Stimulus | | 2 | **draw** | past | the Prince | meantime's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 3 | **kill** | past | the Prince *not said here* | the serpent | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Theme | | 4 | **rush** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | past · passive | | a rushing sound | | the air | moment | the two old eagles *obl* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **hunt** | past · perfect · progressive | the two old eagles | | | | | for food; for birds's young ones | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for food=Theme | | 7 | **return** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/54/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)