--- title: But it is late, and I must feed the horses;’ and he brought them the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But it is late, and I must feed the horses;’ and he brought them the hay, but they only bit and kicked him as before, and if his soul had been within him, they would have killed him outright. Who acts: threshold, I, soul, horses. 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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 (threshold, I, soul, horses), 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:pg3454:10:8 # text = But it is late, and I must feed the horses;’ and he brought them the hay, but they only bit and kicked him as before, and if his soul had been within him, they would have killed him outright. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 before before ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 cop _ _ 37 within within ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux _ _ 43 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 outright outright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | threshold | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feed** | must | I | | the horses | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient | | 3 | **bring** | past | soul | horses *= horse* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination hay=Theme | | 4 | **bite** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **kick** | past | horses *= horse* *not said here* | soul | | | | before *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | soul's soul | | | | | within soul | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** | would · perfect · passive | | soul | | | | outright *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/9/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/)