--- title: I have often been in the forest; that is where I have seen you, love… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I have often been in the forest; that is where I have seen you, lovely Princess, sometimes driving your chariot, which you did with all the grace and skill in the world; sometimes riding to the chase on so spirited a horse that it seemed as if no one but yourself could have managed it, and sometimes --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/48/) [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 Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/) / 48 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 2, sentence 48 I have often been in the forest; that is where I have seen you, lovely Princess, sometimes driving your chariot, which you did with all the grace and skill in the world; sometimes riding to the chase on so spirited a horse that it seemed as if no one but yourself could have managed it, and sometimes running races on the plain with the Princesses of your Court--running so lightly that it was you always who won the prize. **Who acts:** I, that, you, it, horse · **What happens:** have, be, see, drive, do, ride on · **To what, where:** forest, you, chariot, chase, horse, yourself This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, that, you, it), 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:pg503:31:48 # text = I have often been in the forest; that is where I have seen you, lovely Princess, sometimes driving your chariot, which you did with all the grace and skill in the world; sometimes riding to the chase on so spirited a horse that it seemed as if no one but yourself could have managed it, and sometimes running races on the plain with the Princesses of your Court--running so lightly that it was you always who won the prize. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 21 advmod _ _ 21 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 39 advmod _ _ 39 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 on on ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 spirited spirit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 51 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 54 case _ _ 52 if if SCONJ IN _ 51 fixed _ _ 53 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 54 det _ _ 54 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 56 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 aux _ _ 59 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 conj _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 64 advmod _ _ 64 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 parataxis _ _ 65 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 -- -- PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 conj _ _ 77 so so ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 79 that that SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 80 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 81 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 85 cop _ _ 82 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 83 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 85 advmod _ _ 84 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 85 nsubj _ _ 85 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 advcl _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | participle | | | | the forest | | often *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | that | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | present · perfect | I | you | | | | lovely Princess *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 5 | **drive** | gerund | I *not said here* | your chariot | | | | sometimes *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme chariot=Trajectory | | 6 | **do** | past | you | your chariot | | | | with all grace and skill in the world | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 7 | **ride on** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | the chase | | sometimes *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to chase=Trajectory | | 8 | **spirit** | past | I *not said here* | a horse | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | as no one | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **manage** | could · perfect · passive | | yourself | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **run** | gerund | | races | | the plain with the Princesses of your Court | | sometimes *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent race=Theme on plain=Trajectory | | 12 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | lightly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **is** | past | horse | | | | | always, win *property* | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/49/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)