--- title: However, it is time that the horses were fed;’ and he lifted down an… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, it is time that the horses were fed;’ and he lifted down an armful of hay from a shelf of rock and held out a handful to each animal, who moved forward to meet him, leaving the king behind. Who acts: stranger, giant, animal. 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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 (stranger, giant, animal), 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:pg3454:9:106 # text = However, it is time that the horses were fed;’ and he lifted down an armful of hay from a shelf of rock and held out a handful to each animal, who moved forward to meet him, leaving the king behind. 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 armful armful NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 forward forward ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 behind behind ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | stranger | time | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feed** | past · passive | | the horses | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **lift down** | past | giant | a armful of hay | | a shelf of rock | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent armful=Theme from shelf=Destination | | 4 | **hold out** | participle | | a handful | | | | to each animal | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | | 5 | **move forward** | past | each animal | | | | | forward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **meet** | to-infinitive | each animal *not said here* | giant | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **leave** | gerund | each animal *not said here* | the king | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/107/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/)