--- title: When they go on shore a fox-colored horse will spring toward them, o… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: When they go on shore a fox-colored horse will spring toward them, on which he will mount; and as soon as he is on it, it will jump up with him into the air, so that he will never again see his bride." Who acts: curiosity, colored horse, horse, first. 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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 (curiosity, colored horse, horse, first), 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:pg11027:16:60 # text = When they go on shore a fox-colored horse will spring toward them, on which he will mount; and as soon as he is on it, it will jump up with him into the air, so that he will never again see his bride." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 spring spring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 13 toward toward ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 34 up up ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 47 mark _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 again again ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | curiosity | | | shore | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on shore=Location | | 2 | **color** | participle | | | | | | | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spring** | future | a colored horse | | | | | toward curiosity | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward they=Trajectory | | 4 | **mount** | future | horse | | | | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on which=Destination | | 5 | **is** | present | horse | | | first | | | tree rules | | 6 | **jump up** | future | first | | | | | into the air *result*; with horse; soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into air=Result | | 7 | **not** **see** | future | horse | horse's bride | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/61/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)