--- title: A horse-dealer came who had a great fancy to bargain for the horse,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A horse-dealer came who had a great fancy to bargain for the horse, and the man got a hundred dollars for it, but when the bargain was made, and Jack’s father had got the money, the horse-dealer wanted to have the halter. Who acts: horse dealer, man, father. 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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 (horse dealer, man, father), 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:pg540:43:106 # text = A horse-dealer came who had a great fancy to bargain for the horse, and the man got a hundred dollars for it, but when the bargain was made, and Jack’s father had got the money, the horse-dealer wanted to have the halter. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 dealer dealer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 bargain bargain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 dealer dealer NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 halter halter NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a horse dealer | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | a great fancy | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Patient | | 3 | **bargain** | to-infinitive | | a great fancy *not said here* | | | | for the horse | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get** | past | the man | hundred dollars | | | | for dealer | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dollar=Theme for it=Source | | 5 | **make** | past · passive | | the bargain | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **get** | past · perfect | Jack's father | the money | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | | 7 | **want** | past | the horse dealer | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the horse dealer *not said here* | the halter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent halter=Patient | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/107/) - ↑ back to [Farmer Weatherbeard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/43/)