--- title: When he got up there and found them, each mare had her foal, and by… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he got up there and found them, each mare had her foal, and by the side of one of them was a big dapple-grey foal as well, which was so sleek that it shone again. Who acts: youth, mare, one, big grey foal. 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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 (youth, mare, one, big grey foal), 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:pg540:37:118 # text = When he got up there and found them, each mare had her foal, and by the side of one of them was a big dapple-grey foal as well, which was so sleek that it shone again. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 up up ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 26 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 27 dapple dapple NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 31 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 30 advmod _ _ 32 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 sleek sleek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | youth | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **find** | past | youth *not said here* | mares *= mare* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 3 | **have** | past | each mare | mother's foal | | | | by the side | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | one of mares | | | | | of a big grey foal | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | a big grey foal | | | | | sleek *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **shine** | past | foal | | | | again | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/119/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/)