--- title: The Sheep with the golden horns ordered that his chariot should be f… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Sheep with the golden horns ordered that his chariot should be fetched, and a moment after appeared six goats, harnessed to a pumpkin, which was so big that two people could quite well sit in it, and was all lined with cushions of velvet and down. Who acts: Sheep, moment, pumpkin, two people. 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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 (Sheep, moment, pumpkin, two people), 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:pg503:30:90 # text = The Sheep with the golden horns ordered that his chariot should be fetched, and a moment after appeared six goats, harnessed to a pumpkin, which was so big that two people could quite well sit in it, and was all lined with cushions of velvet and down. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 fetched fetch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 after after ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 harnessed harness VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pumpkin pumpkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 quite quite ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 44 all all ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 lined line VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 down down ADV RB _ 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | the Sheep with the golden horns | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fetch** *not said to happen* | should · passive | | father's chariot | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **appear** | past | a moment | six goats | | | | after *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location goat=Theme | | 4 | **harness** | participle | | six goats *not said here* | | | | to a pumpkin | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to pumpkin=Co-Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | a pumpkin | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **sit** | could | two people | | | chariot | | well *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in it=Location | | 7 | **line** | past · passive | | | | | | with cushions of velvet; all *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with cushion=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 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/91/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)