--- title: So Ian mounted the horse and set her face to the sea and her back to… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So Ian mounted the horse and set her face to the sea and her back to the shore, and she was off, away and away till she reached the church of Grianaig, and there, in a field of grass, beside a well of water, he leaped down from his saddle. Who acts: Ian, horse. 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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 (Ian, horse), 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:pg3027:5:128 # text = So Ian mounted the horse and set her face to the sea and her back to the shore, and she was off, away and away till she reached the church of Grianaig, and there, in a field of grass, beside a well of water, he leaped down from his saddle. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 off off ADV RB _ 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 away away ADV RB _ 23 conj _ _ 28 till till SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Grianaig Grianaig PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 beside beside ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 53 down down ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mount** | past | Ian | the horse | | a well of water; there | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme beside well=Destination | | 2 | **set** | past | Ian *not said here* | horse's face | | | | to the sea and horse's back; to the shore | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient face=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | horse | | | | | away, off *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **reach** | past | horse | the church of Grianaig | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent church=Theme | | 5 | **leap down** | past | Ian | | | Ian's saddle | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from saddle=Trajectory | 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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/127/) - next →: [Opening, part 6, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/)