--- title: When they reach the land a chestnut horse will dash forward to greet… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they reach the land a chestnut horse will dash forward to greet them: the King will wish to mount it, and if he does it will gallop away with him, and disappear into the air, and he will never see his bride again.” Who acts: desire, chestnut horse, King, horse. 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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 (desire, chestnut horse, King, horse), 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:pg503:41:68 # text = When they reach the land a chestnut horse will dash forward to greet them: the King will wish to mount it, and if he does it will gallop away with him, and disappear into the air, and he will never see his bride again.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 chestnut chestnut NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 dash dash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 forward forward ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 gallop gallop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 disappear disappear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | present | desire | the land | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 2 | **dash** | future | a chestnut horse | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | a chestnut horse *not said here* | | desire | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **wish** | future | the King | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **mount** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **gallop away** | present · do-support | horse | | | | | with king; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **disappear** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | the air | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **see** | future | king | king's bride | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=Stimulus | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/69/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)