--- title: At the sight of the horse Sigurd was so filled with wonder that he w… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the sight of the horse Sigurd was so filled with wonder that he was not able to speak, but at last he gasped out: “Oh, do let me mount him and ride him round the house! Who acts: Sigurd. 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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), 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:pg2435:33:105 # text = At the sight of the horse Sigurd was so filled with wonder that he was not able to speak, but at last he gasped out: “Oh, do let me mount him and ride him round the house! 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 gasped gasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 31 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 reparandum _ _ 32 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 round round ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | past · passive | | | | the sight of the horse | | with wonder | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | Sigurd | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Sigurd *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **gasp out** | past | Sigurd | | | last | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Sigurd | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **mount** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sigurd *not said here* | Sigurd | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **ride** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Sigurd | | the house | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme round house=Trajectory | | 9 | **sight** | | | the horse | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/106/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)