--- title: Then the other horse spoke again: “The magician’s raven will try to… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the other horse spoke again: “The magician’s raven will try to eat us as we ride away, but throw it some of the oxen’s flesh, and then I will gallop like the wind, and carry you safe out of the dragon’s clutches.” Who acts: other horse, raven, we, dragon. 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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 (other horse, raven, we, dragon), 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:pg2435:14:34 # text = Then the other horse spoke again: “The magician’s raven will try to eat us as we ride away, but throw it some of the oxen’s flesh, and then I will gallop like the wind, and carry you safe out of the dragon’s clutches.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 oxen oxen NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 gallop gallop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 46 out out ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’s 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 clutches clutch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the other horse | | | | then; again | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** *in a quote* | future | the magician's raven | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **eat** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the magician's raven *not said here* | us | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 4 | **ride away** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **throw** *in a quote* | infinitive | the magician's raven *not said here* | raven | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Destination some=Theme | | 6 | **gallop** *in a quote* | future | the other horse *= horse* | | | | then | like the wind | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **carry** *in a quote* | infinitive | the magician's raven *not said here* | you | | | | safe *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 8 | **clutch** *in a quote* | | the dragon | | | | | | nom clutch «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/35/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/)