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title: Then, jumping on the back of the mule, which was so glad to be out o… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Then, jumping on the back of the mule, which was so glad to be out of the choking mud that he did not seem to mind the loss of his tail, the ungrateful wretch rode on, and that evening reached the inn at Evora, where the rich man and the farmer had already arrived for the night. Who acts: mule, ungr
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 96

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Then, jumping on the back of the mule, which was so glad to be out of the choking mud that he did not seem to mind the loss of his tail, the ungrateful wretch rode on, and that evening reached the inn at Evora, where the rich man and the farmer had already arrived for the night.

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**Who acts:** mule, ungrateful wretch, evening, rich man · **What happens:** jump, be, not seem, mind, ride on, reach · **To what, where:** back, choking mud, loss, inn, Evora

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mule, ungrateful wretch, evening, rich man), 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:pg3454:19:96
# text = Then, jumping on the back of the mule, which was so glad to be out of the choking mud that he did not seem to mind the loss of his tail, the ungrateful wretch rode on, and that evening reached the inn at Evora, where the rich man and the farmer had already arrived for the night.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mule	mule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	cop	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	choking	choking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	ccomp	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
24	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
26	seem	seem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	acl	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	ungrateful	ungrateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	wretch	wretch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
38	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
39	on	on	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	det	_	_
43	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	at	at	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	Evora	Evora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
50	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	59	advmod	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	conj	_	_
57	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
58	already	already	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
59	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	46	acl	_	_
60	for	for	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  | the back of the mule | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | past | the mule |  |  |  |  | glad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | the mule *not said here* |  |  | the choking mud |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **seem** | past · do-support | mule | the choking mud *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **mind** | to-infinitive | mule *not said here* | the loss of mule's tail |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loss=Theme |
| 6 | **ride on** | past | the ungrateful wretch | the loss of mule's tail *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loss=Theme |
| 7 | **reach** | past | that evening | the inn |  | Evora |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent inn=Theme at evora=Asset |
| 8 | **arrive** | past · perfect | the rich man and the farmer |  |  |  | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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.

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