--- title: He quickly unharnessed one of his reindeer and rode back along the w… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He quickly unharnessed one of his reindeer and rode back along the way he had come, to find the sledge standing safe in the middle of the road; but as the fox had bitten off the cord close to the noose there was no means of moving it away. Who acts: snow, sledge. 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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 (snow, sledge), 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:pg3282:26:61 # text = He quickly unharnessed one of his reindeer and rode back along the way he had come, to find the sledge standing safe in the middle of the road; but as the fox had bitten off the cord close to the noose there was no means of moving it away. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 unharnessed unharness VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 along along ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 37 off off ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 noose noose NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 45 expl _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 nsubj _ _ 46 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 nsubj _ _ 47 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 48 of of SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 xcomp _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 away away ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unharness** | past | snow | one of snow's reindeer | | | | quickly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ride back** | past | snow *not said here* | | | the way | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along way=Trajectory | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | snow | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | snow *not said here* | the sledge | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sledge=Topic | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | the sledge *not said here* | | | | | safe *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bite off** | past · perfect | | the cord | | | | as the fox; close *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient | | 7 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **move away** *not said to happen* | gerund | | sledge | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/62/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/26/)