--- title: There he saw a splendid horse, all ready saddled, and just above it… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There he saw a splendid horse, all ready saddled, and just above it hung a richly ornamented sword on the handle of which was engraved these words: “He who rides this horse and wears this sword will find happiness.” Who acts: Sigurd, horse, sword. 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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 (Sigurd, horse, sword), 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:pg2435:33:104 # text = There he saw a splendid horse, all ready saddled, and just above it hung a richly ornamented sword on the handle of which was engraved these words: “He who rides this horse and wears this sword will find happiness.” 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 9 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 10 saddled saddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 just just ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 above above ADP IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 richly richly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 ornamented ornament VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 handle handle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 engraved engrave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 rides ride VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 43 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Sigurd | a splendid horse | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **saddle** | past | Sigurd *not said here* | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hang** | past | horse | a ornamented sword | | the handle | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme on handle=Destination | | 4 | **ornament** | participle | | | | | | richly *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **engrave** | past · passive | | this words | | | | of the handle | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: word=Destination | | 6 | **ride** *in a quote* | present | Sigurd | this horse | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 7 | **wear** *in a quote* | present | Sigurd *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **find** *in a quote* | future | this sword | happiness | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Topic | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/105/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)