--- title: They had to wait then for a long time for the eagle to make his appe… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They had to wait then for a long time for the eagle to make his appearance, when at last he came all in a perspiration, after sending two little birds high up in the sky to whistle on him to make all the haste he possibly could. Who acts: fowls, King. 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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 (fowls, King), 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:pg7439:20:83 # text = They had to wait then for a long time for the eagle to make his appearance, when at last he came all in a perspiration, after sending two little birds high up in the sky to whistle on him to make all the haste he possibly could. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obl _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 perspiration perspiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 after after SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 31 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 up up ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 whistle whistle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | fowls *= fowl* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | fowls *= fowl* *not said here* | | | | then; time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | fowls *= fowl* *not said here* | eagle's appearance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appearance=Product | | 4 | **come** | past | King | | | last | | in a perspiration | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location | | 5 | **send** | gerund | King *not said here* | two little birds | | the sky | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bird=Theme in sky=Destination | | 6 | **whistle** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | on King | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Location | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | all haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset haste=Product | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/84/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)