--- title: And the mare answered: “It is very easy for you, you carry only your… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the mare answered: “It is very easy for you, you carry only your master, who is a thin man, but I carry my mistress, who is so fat that she weights as much as three.” Who acts: mare, you, master, mistress. 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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 (mare, you, master, mistress), 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:pg2435:6:56 # text = And the mare answered: “It is very easy for you, you carry only your master, who is a thin man, but I carry my mistress, who is so fat that she weights as much as three.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 expl _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 weights weight VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the mare | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the mare *not said here* | | | | | for you; easy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **carry** *in a quote* | present | you | your master and a thin man | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | your master and a thin man | a thin man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** *in a quote* | present | the mare *= mare* | my mistress | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistress=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my mistress | | | | | fat *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **weight** *in a quote* | present | mare | much | | | | as three | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent much=Recipient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/57/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/)