--- title: Breakfast being over, out comes the other horse, and, while saddling… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Breakfast being over, out comes the other horse, and, while saddling and fettling, the old man began to laugh, and told the young gentleman that if he saw a pretty young lady, not to stay with her too long, because she might waken, and then he would have to stay with her or to be turned into one of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/) / 14 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 13, sentence 14 Breakfast being over, out comes the other horse, and, while saddling and fettling, the old man began to laugh, and told the young gentleman that if he saw a pretty young lady, not to stay with her too long, because she might waken, and then he would have to stay with her or to be turned into one of those unearthly monsters, like those he would have to pass by going into the castle. **Who acts:** Breakfast, old man, man, horse, those · **What happens:** be, come over, saddle, fettle, begin, laugh · **To what, where:** other horse, young gentleman, pretty young lady, castle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Breakfast, old man, man, horse), 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:pg14241:27:14 # text = Breakfast being over, out comes the other horse, and, while saddling and fettling, the old man began to laugh, and told the young gentleman that if he saw a pretty young lady, not to stay with her too long, because she might waken, and then he would have to stay with her or to be turned into one of those unearthly monsters, like those he would have to pass by going into the castle. 1 Breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 cop _ _ 3 over over ADV RB _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 3 conj _ _ 6 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 saddling saddle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 fettling fettle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 too too ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 because because SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 waken waken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 advcl _ _ 65 into into ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 64 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 70 det _ _ 69 unearthly unearthly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 72 like like ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 76 nsubj _ _ 74 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 75 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 76 aux _ _ 76 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 77 to to PART TO _ 78 mark _ _ 78 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 76 xcomp _ _ 79 by by SCONJ IN _ 80 mark _ _ 80 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 78 advcl _ _ 81 into into ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | Breakfast | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come over** | present | | the other horse | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme | | 3 | **saddle** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fettle** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **laugh** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | the young gentleman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent gentleman=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | man | a pretty young lady | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | | 9 | **not** **stay** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | with horse; long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with she=Location | | 10 | **waken** | might | horse | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **have** | would | man | | | | then | | tree rules | | 12 | **stay** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | with horse | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with she=Location | | 13 | **turn** | to-infinitive · passive | man *not said here* | | | | | into one of that unearthly monsters | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: into one=Trajectory | | 14 | **have** | would | those | | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **pass** | to-infinitive | those *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 16 | **go** | gerund | those *not said here* | | | the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into castle=Initial\_Location | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/15/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)