--- title: The ogre had happened to choose a horse which he had bought only the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The ogre had happened to choose a horse which he had bought only the day before, and he did not know it was a magician, or he would not have been so foolish as to fix upon it on this occasion. Who acts: ogre, horse. 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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 (ogre, 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:pg2435:12:74 # text = The ogre had happened to choose a horse which he had bought only the day before, and he did not know it was a magician, or he would not have been so foolish as to fix upon it on this occasion. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 before before ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 cop _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past · perfect | the ogre | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **choose** | to-infinitive | the ogre *not said here* | a horse | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 3 | **buy** | past · perfect · passive | | a horse | | | day | before *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | ogre | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | horse | a magician | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is** | would · perfect | ogre | | | | | foolish *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **fix** | to-infinitive | ogre *not said here* | | | this occasion | | upon horse | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/75/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)