--- title: Niels went closer to look at these, and saw that the horn had letter… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Niels went closer to look at these, and saw that the horn had letters engraved on the silver rim: when he took it down and turned it round, he found that the inscription was:— Who acts: Niels, horn, inscription. 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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 (Niels, horn, inscription), 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:pg2435:30:41 # text = Niels went closer to look at these, and saw that the horn had letters engraved on the silver rim: when he took it down and turned it round, he found that the inscription was:— 1 Niels Niels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 engraved engrave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 rim rim NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 round round ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 inscription inscription NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Niels | | | | | close *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | at these | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at this=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Niels *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | the horn | letters | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient | | 5 | **engrave** | participle | | letters *not said here* | | the silver rim | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on rim=Destination | | 6 | **take down** | past | Niels | horn | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **turn** | past | Niels *not said here* | horn | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **find** | past | Niels | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **be** | past | the inscription | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/42/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)