--- title: and when she had finished, the horse’s fore legs grew shorter and sp… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: and when she had finished, the horse’s fore legs grew shorter and spread into wings, his hind legs became claws, feathers sprouted all over his body, and she sat on the back of a great bird, which bore her to the summit of the rock. Who acts: Leon, fore legs, hind legs, claws. 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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 (Leon, fore legs, hind legs, claws), 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:pg3454:34:63 # text = and when she had finished, the horse’s fore legs grew shorter and spread into wings, his hind legs became claws, feathers sprouted all over his body, and she sat on the back of a great bird, which bore her to the summit of the rock. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 fore fore NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 xcomp _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 sprouted sprout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 all all ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | Leon | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **grow** | past | the horse's fore legs | | | | | short *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **spread** | past | the horse's fore legs *not said here* | | | wings | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into wing=Destination | | 4 | **become** | past | horse's hind legs | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sprout** | past | claws and feathers | | | horse's body | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over body=Location | | 6 | **sit** | past | Leon | | | the back of a great bird | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location | | 7 | **bear** | past | a great bird | Leon | | | | to the summit of the rock | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/64/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/34/)