--- title: Two of the fastest horses they had were put in the carriage, to go a… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Two of the fastest horses they had were put in the carriage, to go and look for the poor Prince; and when they got to the very spot where they left him, it was the time when the Prince was up the tree, getting his watch down, and poor Jubal standing a distance off. 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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 (horses, spot, Prince, poor Jubal), 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:pg14241:28:3 # text = Two of the fastest horses they had were put in the carriage, to go and look for the poor Prince; and when they got to the very spot where they left him, it was the time when the Prince was up the tree, getting his watch down, and poor Jubal standing a distance off. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 up up ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 parataxis _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 down down ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 Jubal Jubal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 56 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 conj _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 off off ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | horses *= horse* | the fastest horses *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 2 | **put** | past · passive | | Two of the fastest horses | | the carriage | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in carriage=Destination | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | for the poor Prince | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for prince=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | | to the spot *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to spot=Result | | 6 | **leave** | past | horses *= horse* | King | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | spot | the time | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | the Prince | | | | | up the tree | tree rules | | 9 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **watch down** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **stand off** | gerund | poor Jubal | a distance | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer distance=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:** «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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/4/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)