--- title: As soon as he had ridden to the top, he took the third golden apple… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he had ridden to the top, he took the third golden apple from the lap of the Princess and then turned his horse about and rode down again, and vanished from their sight before anyone was able to say a word to him. Who acts: knight, anyone, apples. 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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 (knight, anyone, apples), 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:pg503:48:95 # text = As soon as he had ridden to the top, he took the third golden apple from the lap of the Princess and then turned his horse about and rode down again, and vanished from their sight before anyone was able to say a word to him. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 15 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 about about ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 down down ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 before before SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past · perfect | knight | | | the top | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to top=Trajectory | | 2 | **take** | past | knight | the third golden apple | | the lap of the Princess | | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent apple=Theme from lap=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **turn** | past | knight *not said here* | knight's horse | | | then | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme horse=Result | | 4 | **ride down** | past | knight *not said here* | | | | again | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **vanish** | past | knight *not said here* | | | apples's sight | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from sight=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | past | anyone | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | anyone *not said here* | a word | knight | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to he=Recipient | | 8 | **sight** | | apples *= apple* | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/96/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)