--- title: Besides, there stands in the stable a grey horse which is saddled ni… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Besides, there stands in the stable a grey horse which is saddled night and day; and if Eisenkopf should show his face, you have only got to jump on the horse’s back and ride away, and nobody on earth can catch you. Who acts: Eisenkopf, you, nobody. 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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 (Eisenkopf, you, nobody), 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:pg2435:27:87 # text = Besides, there stands in the stable a grey horse which is saddled night and day; and if Eisenkopf should show his face, you have only got to jump on the horse’s back and ride away, and nobody on earth can catch you. 1 Besides besides INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 saddled saddle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 Eisenkopf Eisenkopf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 46 nsubj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | | | | the stable and a grey horse; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location | | 2 | **saddle** | present · passive | | a grey horse | | | night | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **show** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | Eisenkopf | Eisenkopf's face | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent face=Recipient | | 4 | **get** | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **jump** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the horse's back | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | | 6 | **ride away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **catch** | can | nobody | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/88/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/27/)