--- title: “Capital!” said the King; “this animal shall carry me to my palace,”… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Capital!” said the King; “this animal shall carry me to my palace,” and was about to mount, but Trusty John was too sharp for him, and, springing up quickly, seized the pistol out of the holster and shot the horse dead. Who acts: Capital, animal, Trusty John. 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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 (Capital, animal, Trusty John), 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:pg503:41:83 # text = “Capital!” said the King; “this animal shall carry me to my palace,” and was about to mount, but Trusty John was too sharp for him, and, springing up quickly, seized the pistol out of the holster and shot the horse dead. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 Trusty Trusty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 too too ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 springing spring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 ccomp _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 41 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 pistol pistol NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 out out ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 holster holster NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Capital | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **carry** *in a quote* | shall | this animal | Capital | | my palace | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to palace=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | Capital *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **mount** | to-infinitive | Capital *not said here* | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Trusty John | | | | | for animal; sharp *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **spring up** | gerund | | | | | | quickly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **seize** | past | | the pistol | | the holster | | | tree rules | | 8 | **shoot** | past | | the horse | | | | dead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/84/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)