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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 (husband, spear), 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:pg3282:38:1 # text = Her husband said nothing, and began to talk of something else; but the next morning he ordered his horse, took his spear, called his bloodhound, and set off for the castle. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obl _ _ 12 else else ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 bloodhound bloodhound NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Her husband | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **begin** | past | Her husband *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **talk** | to-infinitive | Her husband *not said here* | | | | | of something | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **order** | past | husband | | husband's horse | | morning | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | | husband's spear | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme | | 6 | **call** | participle | husband's spear *not said here* | husband's bloodhound | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bloodhound=Recipient | | 7 | **set off** | past | | | | | | for the castle | vn escape-51.1-1 «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: [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple…, 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/118/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/2/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/38/)