--- title: He waited in front of the gates till a magnificent horse was led up… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He waited in front of the gates till a magnificent horse was led up to him, and vaulting into the saddle with an ease which rather surprised the attendant, rode quickly out of the town amidst the jests of the assembled crowd, who had heard of his audacious proposal. Who acts: Gilguerillo, assembled --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/) / 28 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 38, sentence 28 He waited in front of the gates till a magnificent horse was led up to him, and vaulting into the saddle with an ease which rather surprised the attendant, rode quickly out of the town amidst the jests of the assembled crowd, who had heard of his audacious proposal. **Who acts:** Gilguerillo, assembled crowd · **What happens:** wait, lead up, vault, surprise, ride, assemble · **To what, where:** front, magnificent horse, Gilguerillo, saddle, ease, town This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gilguerillo, assembled crowd), 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:pg3027:38:28 # text = He waited in front of the gates till a magnificent horse was led up to him, and vaulting into the saddle with an ease which rather surprised the attendant, rode quickly out of the town amidst the jests of the assembled crowd, who had heard of his audacious proposal. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 vaulting vault VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 rather rather ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 surprised surprise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 attendant attendant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 out out ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 amidst amidst ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 jests jest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 audacious audacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | Gilguerillo | | | front of the gates | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location | | 2 | **lead up** | past · passive | | a magnificent horse | Gilguerillo | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **vault** | gerund | Gilguerillo *not said here* | | | the saddle | | with a ease | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into saddle=Destination | | 4 | **surprise** | past | | a ease | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer attendant=Result | | 5 | **ride** | past | Gilguerillo *not said here* | | | the town | | amidst the jests of the assembled crowd; quickly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out town=Trajectory | | 6 | **assemble** | participle | | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hear** | past · perfect | the assembled crowd | | | | | of Gilguerillo's audacious proposal | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of proposal=Stimulus | | 8 | **jest** | | the assembled crowd | | | | | | nom jest «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **propose** | | Gilguerillo | | | | | | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/29/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/38/)