--- title: And she did as the horses told her, and he ate and rested, till by a… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And she did as the horses told her, and he ate and rested, till by and bye a long shadow fell over them, and their hearts beat with fear, for they knew that the giant was coming. Who acts: horse, horses, rock, long shadow. 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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 (horse, horses, rock, long shadow), 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:pg3454:9:102 # text = And she did as the horses told her, and he ate and rested, till by and bye a long shadow fell over them, and their hearts beat with fear, for they knew that the giant was coming. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 till till SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 bye bye VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | horse | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the horses | | woman | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **eat** | past | rock | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rest** | past | rock *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bye** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | past | a long shadow | | | | | over tears *= tear* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over they=Location | | 7 | **beat** | present | tears's hearts | | | | | with fear | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with fear=Theme | | 8 | **know** | past | fears *= fear* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **come** | past · progressive | the giant | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/103/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/)