--- title: At this the Prince was very glad, and the two eaglets crossed their… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At this the Prince was very glad, and the two eaglets crossed their wings, on which he mounted; and they carried him far, far away over the thick jungles, until he came to the place where grew the circle of palm trees, in the midst of which stood the six chattees full of water. 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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 (two eaglets, Prince, eaglets, midst), 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:pg7128:10:55 # text = At this the Prince was very glad, and the two eaglets crossed their wings, on which he mounted; and they carried him far, far away over the thick jungles, until he came to the place where grew the circle of palm trees, in the midst of which stood the six chattees full of water. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 eaglets eaglet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 jungles jungle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 until until SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 42 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 nummod _ _ 57 chattees chattee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 58 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | at the Prince; glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cross** | past | the two eaglets | eaglets's wings | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 3 | **mount** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on which=Destination | | 4 | **carry** | past | eaglets *= eaglet* | Prince | | | | away, far *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | Prince | | | the midst | | to the place | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **grow** | past | | the circle of palm trees | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location circle=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | past | the midst | the six chattees | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chattee=Stimulus | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/56/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)