--- title: Then they harnessed the calf to see if the coach would move; and awa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then they harnessed the calf to see if the coach would move; and away it went, over rough and smooth, over stock and stone, so that they could scarcely breathe, and sometimes they were on the ground, and sometimes up in the air; and when they came to the church the coach began to go round and round --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/) / 16 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 3, sentence 16 Then they harnessed the calf to see if the coach would move; and away it went, over rough and smooth, over stock and stone, so that they could scarcely breathe, and sometimes they were on the ground, and sometimes up in the air; and when they came to the church the coach began to go round and round like a spinning-wheel, and it was with the utmost difficulty and danger that they were able to get out of the coach and into the church. **Who acts:** brother, coach · **What happens:** harness, see, move, go, breathe, be · **To what, where:** calf, stock, ground, church, danger, coach This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, coach), 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:pg503:19:16 # text = Then they harnessed the calf to see if the coach would move; and away it went, over rough and smooth, over stock and stone, so that they could scarcely breathe, and sometimes they were on the ground, and sometimes up in the air; and when they came to the church the coach began to go round and round like a spinning-wheel, and it was with the utmost difficulty and danger that they were able to get out of the coach and into the church. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 harnessed harness VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 over over ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 34 mark _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 46 advmod _ _ 46 up up ADV RB _ 17 parataxis _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 54 advmod _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 63 round round ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 round round ADV RB _ 63 conj _ _ 66 like like ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 68 spinning spinning NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 74 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 cop _ _ 75 with with ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 conj _ _ 81 that that SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 82 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 83 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 84 cop _ _ 84 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 acl _ _ 85 to to PART TO _ 86 mark _ _ 86 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 84 xcomp _ _ 87 out out ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 88 of of ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 obl _ _ 91 and and CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 92 into into ADP IN _ 94 case _ _ 93 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **harness** | past | brother | | the calf | | then | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent calf=Destination | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **move** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | the coach | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | coach | | | stock and stone | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over stock=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **breathe** | could | brother | | | | | scarcely *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | brother | | | the ground | | sometimes *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past | brother | | | the church | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **begin** | past | the coach | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **go** | to-infinitive | the coach *not said here* | | | | | like a spinning wheel; round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | coach | | | | | with the utmost difficulty and danger | tree rules | | 11 | **is** | past | brother | danger *not said here* | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **get out** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | the coach and the church | | | | | tree rules | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/17/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/)