--- title: Cinderlad wanted to go with them to look at the riding, but the two… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Cinderlad wanted to go with them to look at the riding, but the two brothers would not have him in their company, and when they got to the glass hill there was no one who could ride even so far as a yard up it, and everyone waited for the knight in silver armor, but he was neither to be seen nor hea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/90/) [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 Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/) / 90 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 90 Cinderlad wanted to go with them to look at the riding, but the two brothers would not have him in their company, and when they got to the glass hill there was no one who could ride even so far as a yard up it, and everyone waited for the knight in silver armor, but he was neither to be seen nor heard of. **Who acts:** Cinderlad, two brothers, ashes, one, everyone · **What happens:** want, go, look, not have, get, be · **To what, where:** Cinderlad, company, silver armor, brother This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess on the Glass Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cinderlad, two brothers, ashes, one), 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:pg503:48:90 # text = Cinderlad wanted to go with them to look at the riding, but the two brothers would not have him in their company, and when they got to the glass hill there was no one who could ride even so far as a yard up it, and everyone waited for the knight in silver armor, but he was neither to be seen nor heard of. 1 Cinderlad Cinderlad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 up up ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 51 nsubj _ _ 51 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 armor armor NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux:pass _ _ 62 neither neither ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 aux:pass _ _ 65 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 conj _ _ 66 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 67 cc _ _ 67 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 conj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Cinderlad | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cinderlad *not said here* | | | | | with ashes *= ash* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | Cinderlad *not said here* | | | | | at the riding | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at riding=Theme | | 4 | **not** **have** | would | the two brothers | Cinderlad | | ashes's company | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **get** | past | ashes *= ash* | | | | | to the glass hill *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to hill=Result | | 6 | **be** | past | no one | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ride** | could | no one | | | | | up yard; far *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent up it=Trajectory | | 8 | **wait** | past | everyone | | | silver armor | | for the knight | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in armor=Location | | 9 | **see** | past · passive | | brother | | | | neither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 10 | **hear** | participle | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | 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/pg503/48/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/91/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)