--- title: ‘The shaggy young horse with the stick saddle,’ answered the king, b… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The shaggy young horse with the stick saddle,’ answered the king, but he noticed that the Gruagach held his peace, and his brow was dark as he led out the horse from the stable. Who acts: shaggy young horse, horse, Gruagach, brow. 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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 (shaggy young horse, horse, Gruagach, brow), 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:pg3454:8:142 # text = ‘The shaggy young horse with the stick saddle,’ answered the king, but he noticed that the Gruagach held his peace, and his brow was dark as he led out the horse from the stable. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 shaggy shaggy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the shaggy young horse with the stick saddle | | the king | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | | 2 | **notice** | past | horse | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **hold** | past | the Gruagach | horse's peace | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | horse's brow | | | | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **lead out** | past | horse | the horse | | the stable | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme from stable=Destination | | 6 | **pacify** | | horse | | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/141/) - next →: [sentence 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/143/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/)