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title: So the youth did it again, and when he went up on the hill next year… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: So the youth did it again, and when he went up on the hill next year to look after his colt and the mares, each of the mares had her foal again; but the dappled colt was so big that when the lad wanted to feel its neck to see how fat it was, he could not reach up to it, it was so high, and it was so
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Three Dwarfs, part 2, sentence 4

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So the youth did it again, and when he went up on the hill next year to look after his colt and the mares, each of the mares had her foal again; but the dappled colt was so big that when the lad wanted to feel its neck to see how fat it was, he could not reach up to it, it was so high, and it was so bright that the light glanced off its coat.

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**Who acts:** youth, mares, dappled colt, lad, light · **What happens:** do, go up, look, have, dapple, be · **To what, where:** foal, hill, neck, lad, coat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Dwarfs, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youth, mares, dappled colt, lad), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:38:4
# text = So the youth did it again, and when he went up on the hill next year to look after his colt and the mares, each of the mares had her foal again; but the dappled colt was so big that when the lad wanted to feel its neck to see how fat it was, he could not reach up to it, it was so high, and it was so bright that the light glanced off its coat.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
20	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	colt	colt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	mares	mare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	appos	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	mares	mare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	_
31	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
32	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	foal	foal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	again	again	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
36	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	dappled	dapple	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	amod	_	_
39	colt	colt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
40	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
41	so	so	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
43	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
44	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	47	mark	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
47	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	advcl	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	xcomp	_	_
50	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	to	to	PART	TO	_	53	mark	_	_
53	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	advcl	_	_
54	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	55	advmod	_	_
55	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	ccomp	_	_
56	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
57	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
59	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
60	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
61	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	62	advmod	_	_
62	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	parataxis	_	_
63	up	up	ADP	RP	_	62	compound:prt	_	_
64	to	to	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
67	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
68	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	cop	_	_
69	so	so	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
70	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
73	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	76	nsubj	_	_
74	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	76	cop	_	_
75	so	so	ADV	RB	_	76	advmod	_	_
76	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	conj	_	_
77	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	80	mark	_	_
78	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
79	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	nsubj	_	_
80	glanced	glance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	76	advcl	_	_
81	off	off	ADP	RP	_	80	compound:prt	_	_
82	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	83	nmod:poss	_	_
83	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the youth | foal |  |  | again |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go up** | past | youth |  |  | the hill | year |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* |  |  |  | after youth's colt |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **have** | past | the mares | Colt's foal |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Patient |
| 5 | **dapple** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | the dappled colt |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **want** | past | the lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 8 | **feel** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the lad *not said here* | lad's neck |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Theme |
| 9 | **see** | to-infinitive | the lad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 10 | **is** | past | lad |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **not** **reach up** | could | youth |  | lad |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **is** | past | lad |  |  |  |  | high *property* | tree rules |
| 13 | **is** | past | lad |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |
| 14 | **glance off** | past | the light | lad's coat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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