--- title: One day, as he was ambling along upon Murva (that was the horse’s na… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, as he was ambling along upon Murva (that was the horse’s name), a horseman overtook him and asked leave to join him, so that they might both beguile the journey with pleasant talk. Who acts: Prince, that, horseman, leave. 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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 (Prince, that, horseman, leave), 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:pg2435:34:43 # text = One day, as he was ambling along upon Murva (that was the horse’s name), a horseman overtook him and asked leave to join him, so that they might both beguile the journey with pleasant talk. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 ambling amble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 along along ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Murva Murva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 horseman horseman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 overtook overtake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 both both ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 beguile beguile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **amble** | past · progressive | Prince | One day *not said here* | | | | upon Murva; along *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location day=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | that | the horse's name | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **overtake** | past | a horseman | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | a horseman *not said here* | leave | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent leave=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **join** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | leave *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **beguile** | might | reasons *= reason* | the journey | | | | with pleasant talk; both *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus journey=Experiencer | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/44/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/)