--- title: It was market day, and he met with many people he knew, and it was g… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was market day, and he met with many people he knew, and it was getting quite late when he turned into the inn yard, and bade an ostler saddle his horse, and bring it round directly. Who acts: mind, father, bade. 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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 (mind, father, bade), 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:pg3454:18:86 # text = It was market day, and he met with many people he knew, and it was getting quite late when he turned into the inn yard, and bade an ostler saddle his horse, and bring it round directly. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 19 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ostler ostler NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saddle saddle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 round round ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 41 directly directly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | mind | market day | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **meet** | past | father | market day *not said here* | | | | with many people | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent day=Theme with people=Instrument | | 3 | **know** | past | father | many people *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 4 | **get** | past · progressive | mind | | | | | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **turn** | past | father | | | | | into the inn yard | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into yard=Trajectory | | 6 | **saddle** | infinitive | bade | | father's horse | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Destination | | 7 | **bring** | infinitive | bade *not said here* | mind | | | | directly, round *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=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 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/87/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/18/)