--- title: “I am coming!” was the answer; and in another moment a cart made its… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am coming!” was the answer; and in another moment a cart made its way through the trees, driven by Kisa, who used her tail as a whip to urge the horse to go faster. Who acts: coming, cart, Kisa. 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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 (coming, cart, Kisa), 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:pg3282:28:26 # text = “I am coming!” was the answer; and in another moment a cart made its way through the trees, driven by Kisa, who used her tail as a whip to urge the horse to go faster. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 17 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Kisa Kisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 urge urge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 41 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | coming | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | past | coming | the answer | | | moment | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | participle | a cart *not said here* | cart's way | | the trees | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 4 | **drive** | participle | | a cart *not said here* | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **use** | past | Kisa | Ingibjorg's tail | | | | as a whip | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tail=Duration as whip=Attribute | | 6 | **urge** | to-infinitive | Kisa *not said here* | the horse | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kisa *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/27/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/)