--- title: Away, away flew the little eagles, till they came to their home in t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Away, away flew the little eagles, till they came to their home in the great tree; then the Prince said to the old eagles, "Take back your little ones; they have done me good service; if ever again I stand in need of help, I will not fail to come to you." Who acts: genii, Prince. 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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 (genii, Prince), 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:pg7128:10:58 # text = Away, away flew the little eagles, till they came to their home in the great tree; then the Prince said to the old eagles, "Take back your little ones; they have done me good service; if ever again I stand in need of help, I will not fail to come to you." 1 Away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 45 advmod _ _ 45 again again ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | | the little eagles | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | genii | | | the great tree | | to genii's home | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | | the old eagles | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to eagle=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **take back** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your little ones | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | genii | good service | the Prince *= prince* | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | the Prince *= prince* | | | need of help | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in need=Location | | 7 | **not** **fail** *in a quote* | future | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Prince *= prince* *not said here* | | the old eagles *= eagle* | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **need** *in a quote* | | | help | | | | | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/59/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)