--- title: The horses of the army and of the royal stables were no longer shy,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The horses of the army and of the royal stables were no longer shy, having been daily led before me; and one of the Emperor’s huntsmen, on a large courser, took my foot, shoe and all, which was indeed a prodigious leap. Who acts: horses, one, foot. 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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 (horses, one, foot), 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:pg503:45:4 # text = The horses of the army and of the royal stables were no longer shy, having been daily led before me; and one of the Emperor’s huntsmen, on a large courser, took my foot, shoe and all, which was indeed a prodigious leap. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 stables stable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 no no ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 14 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 daily daily ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 20 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 courser courser NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 36 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 46 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 prodigious prodigious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the horses of the army and the royal stables | | | | | long, shy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lead** | gerund · perfect · passive | | | | | before me | daily *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: before i=Destination | | 3 | **take** | past | one of the Emperor's huntsmen and a large courser | my foot and shoe and a prodigious leap | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | my foot and shoe and a prodigious leap | a prodigious leap | | | | indeed *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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/5/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/)