--- title: So they had to wait a day, and the Bull told the King’s daughter to… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they had to wait a day, and the Bull told the King’s daughter to take the horn of ointment which hung at the Troll’s belt, and rub him with it; then he was himself again, and the next day they set off once more. Who acts: woods, Bull, horn. 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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 (woods, Bull, horn), 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:pg540:29:47 # text = So they had to wait a day, and the Bull told the King’s daughter to take the horn of ointment which hung at the Troll’s belt, and rub him with it; then he was himself again, and the next day they set off once more. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Bull Bull PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 iobj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 ointment ointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 rub rub VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 off off ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 51 advmod _ _ 51 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | woods *= wood* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | woods *= wood* *not said here* | | | | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Bull | | the King's daughter | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Bull *not said here* | the horn of ointment | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Theme | | 5 | **hang** | past | the horn of ointment | | | the Troll's belt | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at belt=Location | | 6 | **rub** | infinitive | the Bull *not said here* | | bull | | | with belt | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with it=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | bull | bull | | | then; again | | tree rules | | 8 | **set off** | past | woods *= wood* | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/48/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/)