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title: So he made up a caravan on twenty splendid horses caparisoned in gol… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1, sentence 53

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So he made up a caravan on twenty splendid horses caparisoned in gold embroidered cloths, with fine morocco saddles and silver bridles and stirrups, also twenty camels of the best breed, which had the speed of race-horses, and could swing along at a trot all day without getting tired; and, lastly, twenty elephants, with magnificent silver howdahs and coverings of silk embroidered with pearls.

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**Who acts:** prince, twenty splendid horses, best breed · **What happens:** make up, caparison, embroider, have, swing, get · **To what, where:** caravan, embroidered cloths, gold, speed, trot, magnificent silver howdahs

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, twenty splendid horses, best breed), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:34:53
# text = So he made up a caravan on twenty splendid horses caparisoned in gold embroidered cloths, with fine morocco saddles and silver bridles and stirrups, also twenty camels of the best breed, which had the speed of race-horses, and could swing along at a trot all day without getting tired; and, lastly, twenty elephants, with magnificent silver howdahs and coverings of silk embroidered with pearls.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	caparisoned	caparison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	cloths	cloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	morocco	morocco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	saddles	saddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	bridles	bridle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	stirrups	stirrup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	also	also	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
29	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	33	amod	_	_
33	breed	breed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
36	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	acl:relcl	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	swing	swing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
47	along	along	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
48	at	at	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	trot	trot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
51	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	52	det	_	_
52	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl:unmarked	_	_
53	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
54	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	46	advcl	_	_
55	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
59	lastly	lastly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	62	nummod	_	_
62	elephants	elephant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
64	with	with	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
65	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
66	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	compound	_	_
67	howdahs	howdah	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
69	coverings	covering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	conj	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	_
72	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	67	acl	_	_
73	with	with	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
74	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | past | prince | a caravan |  |  |  | on twenty splendid horses; with fine morocco saddles and silver bridles and stirrups and twenty camels of the best breed; with magnificent silver howdahs of silk and coverings | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme caravan=Pivot |
| 2 | **caparison** | participle | twenty splendid horses *not said here* | embroidered cloths |  | gold |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **embroider** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **have** | past | the best breed | the speed of race horses |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Patient |
| 5 | **swing** | could | prince *not said here* |  |  | a trot | day | along *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at trot=Trajectory |
| 6 | **get** | gerund | prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **embroider** | participle |  | magnificent silver howdahs of silk and coverings *not said here* |  |  |  | with pearls | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pearl=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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