--- title: “I have been taught how to manage a horse, to draw a sword, and to t… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I have been taught how to manage a horse, to draw a sword, and to throw a lance some sixty paces, but I never learnt to sew, and such a thing would have been thought beneath the notice of the pupil of Elfi Bey, the ruler of Cairo.” Who acts: Labakan. 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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 (Labakan), 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:pg2435:35:54 # text = “I have been taught how to manage a horse, to draw a sword, and to throw a lance some sixty paces, but I never learnt to sew, and such a thing would have been thought beneath the notice of the pupil of Elfi Bey, the ruler of Cairo.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 23 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 paces pace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 sew sew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 36 det:predet _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 41 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Elfi Elfi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 Bey Bey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Cairo Cairo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Labakan | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **manage** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Labakan *not said here* | a horse | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 3 | **draw** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Labakan *not said here* | a sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 4 | **throw** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a lance | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lance=Destination pace=Theme | | 5 | **not** **learn** *in a quote* | past | Labakan | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sew** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Labakan *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | would · perfect · passive | | such thing | | | | beneath the notice of the pupil of Elfi | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **notice** *in a quote* | | | the pupil of Elfi | | | | | nom notice «communication 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/55/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/)