--- title: Remembering what he had seen the wizard do, he patched up an old hal… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Remembering what he had seen the wizard do, he patched up an old halter that was hanging in a corner of the stable, twisted a rope of hemp to catch the colt’s feet, and a net such as is used for snaring birds. Who acts: colt, old halter. 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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 (colt, old halter), 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:pg3454:27:6 # text = Remembering what he had seen the wizard do, he patched up an old halter that was hanging in a corner of the stable, twisted a rope of hemp to catch the colt’s feet, and a net such as is used for snaring birds. 1 Remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 patched patch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 twisted twist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 hemp hemp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 snaring snare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 47 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | gerund | colt *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect | colt | the wizard | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wizard=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **patch up** | past | colt | a old halter | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent halter=Destination | | 5 | **hang** | past · progressive | a old halter | | | a corner of the stable | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 6 | **twist** | past | colt *not said here* | a rope of hemp | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rope=Theme | | 7 | **catch** | to-infinitive | colt *not said here* | the colt's feet | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 8 | **use** | present · passive | | a net | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **snare** | gerund | | birds | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bird=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/7/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)