--- title: He next tried to get off his horse and make his way on foot, but aga… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He next tried to get off his horse and make his way on foot, but again the laugh rang in his ears, and he found himself unable to move a step, and thus he was forced to abide spellbound. Who acts: path, laugh. 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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 (path, laugh), 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:pg2591:49:14 # text = He next tried to get off his horse and make his way on foot, but again the laugh rang in his ears, and he found himself unable to move a step, and thus he was forced to abide spellbound. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 next next ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 again again ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 thus thus ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 spellbound spellbind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | path | | | | | next *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **get off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | path *not said here* | path's horse | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | path *not said here* | path's way | | foot | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 4 | **ring** | past | the laugh | | | path's ears | again | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 5 | **find** | past | laugh | path | | | | unable *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 6 | **move** | to-infinitive | path *not said here* | a step | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent step=Theme | | 7 | **force** | past · passive | | laugh | | | | thus *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **abide** | to-infinitive | laugh *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **spellbind** | participle | laugh *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/15/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/49/)