--- title: At length they remembered the goat with golden horns and the bells,… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length they remembered the goat with golden horns and the bells, and they rejoiced; 'For,' said they, 'THIS time the old woman will be on the watch, and let him be as clever as he likes, the bells on the horns are sure to warn her.' Who acts: brothers, time, goat, bells. 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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 (brothers, time, goat, bells), 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:pg3027:16:98 # text = At length they remembered the goat with golden horns and the bells, and they rejoiced; 'For,' said they, 'THIS time the old woman will be on the watch, and let him be as clever as he likes, the bells on the horns are sure to warn her.' 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 For for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 THIS this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 as as ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 52 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 warn warn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | brothers *= brother* | the goat | | length | | with golden horns and the bells | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent goat=Theme | | 2 | **rejoice** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** | future | this time | | | the watch | | | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | goat | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | goat *not said here* | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **like** | present | goat | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **is** | present | the bells on the horns | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | the bells on the horns *not said here* | | woman | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/)