--- title: Next she gave him a horse as swift as the breeze of the morning, and… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next she gave him a horse as swift as the breeze of the morning, and she said: “Accept all these things from me; ride till you come to a rising ground, at no great distance from here, where there is a spring. Who acts: Jamila, you, spring, morning. 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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 (Jamila, you, spring, morning), 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:pg3282:3:104 # text = Next she gave him a horse as swift as the breeze of the morning, and she said: “Accept all these things from me; ride till you come to a rising ground, at no great distance from here, where there is a spring. 1 Next next ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 29 till till SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 amod _ _ 35 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 46 advmod _ _ 45 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 46 expl _ _ 46 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Jamila | a horse | prince | | | as swift; as the breeze of the morning; next *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horse=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jamila | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **accept** *in a quote* | infinitive | | all things | | | | from Jamila | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thing=Theme from i=Source | | 4 | **ride** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | at no great distance | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present | you | | | a rising ground | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ground=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **rise** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a spring | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **breeze** | | the morning | | | | | | nom breeze «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/105/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/)