--- title: He had thought a great deal about that deer, and had meant to get on… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had thought a great deal about that deer, and had meant to get on his back to ride him as a horse, and go to see all the wonderful places the lion talked to him about when he was in a good temper. Who acts: bear, lion. 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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 (bear, lion), 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:pg3282:28:105 # text = He had thought a great deal about that deer, and had meant to get on his back to ride him as a horse, and go to see all the wonderful places the lion talked to him about when he was in a good temper. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 about about ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect | bear | a great deal | | | | about that deer | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot deal=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | bear's back | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on back=Source | | 4 | **ride** | to-infinitive | | bear | | | | as a horse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | | all wonderful places | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus | | 7 | **talk** | past | the lion | all wonderful places *not said here* | bear | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | bear | | | | | about a good temper | tree rules | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/106/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/)