--- title: Jose did exactly as the horse told him, and everything fell out as t… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Jose did exactly as the horse told him, and everything fell out as the animal prophesied; so that it was not until they were galloping breathlessly towards the palace that the princess knew that she was taken captive. Who acts: Jose, horse, everything, animal. 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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 (Jose, horse, everything, animal), 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:pg3027:32:24 # text = Jose did exactly as the horse told him, and everything fell out as the animal prophesied; so that it was not until they were galloping breathlessly towards the palace that the princess knew that she was taken captive. 1 Jose Jose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 12 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 prophesied prophesy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 so so SCONJ IN _ 27 advmod _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 24 until until SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 galloping gallop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 28 breathlessly breathlessly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 towards towards ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ _ 40 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Jose | | | | | exactly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the horse | | Jose | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **fall out** | past | everything | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **prophesy** | past | the animal | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **gallop** | past · progressive | animal | | | the palace | | breathlessly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards palace=Destination | | 6 | **know** | past | the princess | the palace *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | past · passive | | princess | | | | captive *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/32/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/32/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/32/)