--- title: He stepped into the carriage, and was driven post haste to the king,… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He stepped into the carriage, and was driven post haste to the king, who was feverishly counting every moment, for both his nose and the queen’s were by this time more than a yard long, and they did not know where they would stop. Who acts: trace, time, counting, summons. 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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 (trace, time, counting, summons), 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:pg2435:12:47 # text = He stepped into the carriage, and was driven post haste to the king, who was feverishly counting every moment, for both his nose and the queen’s were by this time more than a yard long, and they did not know where they would stop. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 10 post post ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 feverishly feverishly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 counting count VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 csubj _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 both both DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 36 than than ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step** | past | trace | | | the carriage | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into carriage=Destination | | 2 | **drive** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | | driven post haste | | | | to the king | tree rules | | 4 | **count** | past · progressive | this time | | | | moment | for trace's nose and the queen; feverishly *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | counting | | | | by this time | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | summons *= summon* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **stop** | would | summons *= summon* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/48/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)