--- title: So he did this, and took the bridle which was hanging on a crook, an… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he did this, and took the bridle which was hanging on a crook, and strode up the mountain-side, and it was not long before he met with the horse, and fire and red flames streamed forth out of its nostrils. Who acts: giant, bridle, side. 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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 (giant, bridle, side), 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:pg503:17:57 # text = So he did this, and took the bridle which was hanging on a crook, and strode up the mountain-side, and it was not long before he met with the horse, and fire and red flames streamed forth out of its nostrils. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 crook crook NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 30 before before SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 42 streamed stream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 forth forth ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 out out ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 nostrils nostril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | giant | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **take** | past | giant *not said here* | the bridle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme | | 3 | **hang** | past · progressive | the bridle | | | a crook | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on crook=Location | | 4 | **stride up** | past | giant *not said here* | the mountain side | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme side=Trajectory | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | side | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **meet** | past | giant | | | | | with the horse | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with horse=Co-Agent | | 7 | **stream** | participle | | red flames *not said here* | | side's nostrils | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out nostril=Location | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/58/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)