--- title: “I think I must be mad! what do I want with this coach and horses?”… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I think I must be mad! what do I want with this coach and horses?” said he; and then he put the horses back into the stable, and went into the King’s palace, and there it was settled that he should marry the bride’s sister, who had rolled the apple to him. Who acts: I, giant. 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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 (I, giant), 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:pg503:18:34 # text = “I think I must be mad! what do I want with this coach and horses?” said he; and then he put the horses back into the stable, and went into the King’s palace, and there it was settled that he should marry the bride’s sister, who had rolled the apple to him. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 46 expl _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’s 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | must | I | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | with this coach and horses | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | giant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **put back** | past | giant | | the horses | the stable | then | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent horse=Goal | | 6 | **go** | past | | | | the King's palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into palace=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **settle** | past · passive | | coach | | there | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | | 8 | **marry** | should | giant | the bride's sister | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient | | 9 | **roll** | past · perfect · passive | | the bride's sister | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme apple=Result | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/35/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)