--- title: The foal which eats the oats is that which was foaled in the morning… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The foal which eats the oats is that which was foaled in the morning; the foal which eats the wheat is that which was foaled at noon; and the foal which eats the barley is that which was foaled at night.” Who acts: foal. 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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 (foal), 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:pg2435:7:96 # text = The foal which eats the oats is that which was foaled in the morning; the foal which eats the wheat is that which was foaled at noon; and the foal which eats the barley is that which was foaled at night.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 oats oat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 foaled foal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 foaled foal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 foaled foal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | the foal | the oats | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oat=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present · passive | | the foal | | | morning | foal *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **eat** | present | the foal | the wheat | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present · passive | | the foal | | | noon | foal *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** | present | the foal | the barley | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barley=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present · passive | | the foal | | | night | foal *property* | tree rules | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/97/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/)