--- title: By this time his horse could hardly move from fatigue, his hound sta… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By this time his horse could hardly move from fatigue, his hound staggered panting along beside him, he was far away amongst mountains where he had never been before, and had quite missed his way, and not a human creature or dwelling was in sight. Who acts: horse, hound. 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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 (horse, hound), 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:pg3282:33:14 # text = By this time his horse could hardly move from fatigue, his hound staggered panting along beside him, he was far away amongst mountains where he had never been before, and had quite missed his way, and not a human creature or dwelling was in sight. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 staggered stagger VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 panting pant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 xcomp _ _ 16 along along ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 beside beside ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 24 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 31 before before ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 quite quite ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 missed miss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 dwelling dwell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | could | darkness's horse | | | fatigue | time | hardly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from fatigue=Trajectory | | 2 | **stagger** | past | darkness's hound | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pant** | gerund | darkness's hound *not said here* | | | | | beside darkness; along *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | hound | | | | | amongst mountains; away, far *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** | past · perfect | hound | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **miss** | past · perfect | | darkness's way | | | | a human creature *obl* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 7 | **dwell** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/15/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)