--- title: Coming up to the place, he sees no tracks of horses, and, being very… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Coming up to the place, he sees no tracks of horses, and, being very tired, he lays himself down to sleep, by tying the horse to his leg, and putting the apples under his head. Who acts: Jack. 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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 (Jack), 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:pg14241:27:66 # text = Coming up to the place, he sees no tracks of horses, and, being very tired, he lays himself down to sleep, by tying the horse to his leg, and putting the apples under his head. 1 Coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 2 up up ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 tracks track NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lays lay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 by by SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 tying tie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | | | the place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **see** | present | Jack | no tracks of horses | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer track=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **lay down** | present | Jack | Jack | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Result | | 5 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tie** | gerund | | the horse | | | | to Jack's leg | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient to leg=Co-Patient | | 7 | **put** | gerund | | the apples | | Jack's head | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent apple=Theme under head=Destination | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/67/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)