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title: And the buffalo nodded his head and followed her counsel; but in the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: And the buffalo nodded his head and followed her counsel; but in the morning, when these women also went out to work, the races of hoofs were plainly to be seen, and they hastened to tell their husbands, and begged them to bring their guns, and to watch for the robber. Who acts: buffalo, women, race
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 21, sentence 69

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And the buffalo nodded his head and followed her counsel; but in the morning, when these women also went out to work, the races of hoofs were plainly to be seen, and they hastened to tell their husbands, and begged them to bring their guns, and to watch for the robber.

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**Who acts:** buffalo, women, races, hoofs · **What happens:** nod, follow, go out, work, see, hasten · **To what, where:** head, counsel, races, husbands, guns · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (buffalo, women, races, hoofs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3027:21:69
# text = And the buffalo nodded his head and followed her counsel; but in the morning, when these women also went out to work, the races of hoofs were plainly to be seen, and they hastened to tell their husbands, and begged them to bring their guns, and to watch for the robber.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	nodded	nod	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
18	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
20	also	also	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
22	out	out	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	races	race	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	hoofs	hoof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	_
30	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux:pass	_	_
31	plainly	plainly	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	hastened	hasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	xcomp	_	_
41	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	husbands	husband	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
46	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	xcomp	_	_
49	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	guns	gun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
55	for	for	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nod** | past | the buffalo | buffalo's head |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 2 | **follow** | past | the buffalo *not said here* | girl's counsel |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme |
| 3 | **go out** | past | this women |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | this women *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **see** | past · passive |  | the races of hoofs |  |  | morning | plainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 6 | **hasten** | past | races *= race* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | races *= race* *not said here* |  | races's husbands |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient |
| 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | races *= race* *not said here* |  | races *= race* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 9 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | races *= race* *not said here* | races's guns |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gun=Theme |
| 10 | **watch** | to-infinitive | the buffalo *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the robber | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for robber=Theme |
| 11 | **race** |  | hoofs |  |  |  |  |  | nom race «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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