--- title: There was a long, handsome bridge over the river, and when they had… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was a long, handsome bridge over the river, and when they had got to the other side of it they again travelled on a long, long way, and then once more the Foal inquired if Cinderlad saw anything. Who acts: long handsome bridge, foals, Foal, Cinderlad. 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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 (long handsome bridge, foals, Foal, Cinderlad), 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:pg540:49:95 # text = There was a long, handsome bridge over the river, and when they had got to the other side of it they again travelled on a long, long way, and then once more the Foal inquired if Cinderlad saw anything. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 35 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 36 advmod _ _ 36 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Foal Foal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 Cinderlad Cinderlad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a long handsome bridge over the river | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | foals *= foal* | | | | | to the other side of bridge *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to side=Result | | 3 | **travel** | past | foals *= foal* | the other side of bridge *not said here* | | a long long way | again | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme side=Trajectory | | 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | the Foal | | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Cinderlad | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/96/) - ↑ back to [The Seven Foals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/)