--- title: Then he brought out all the horses the robbers had, and loaded them… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he brought out all the horses the robbers had, and loaded them with the most valuable things which he could find—vessels of gold and of silver, and clothes and other magnificent things—and then he told the old woman to greet the robbers from him and thank them from him, and say that he had gone --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/81/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/) / 81 # The Red Fairy Book, The Master Thief, sentence 81 Then he brought out all the horses the robbers had, and loaded them with the most valuable things which he could find—vessels of gold and of silver, and clothes and other magnificent things—and then he told the old woman to greet the robbers from him and thank them from him, and say that he had gone away, and that they would have a great deal of difficulty in finding him again, and with that he drove the horses out of the courtyard. **Who acts:** man, robbers, difficulty · **What happens:** bring out, have, load, find, tell, greet · **To what, where:** horses, robbers, valuable things, old woman, great deal, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Thief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, robbers, difficulty), 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:pg540:9:81 # text = Then he brought out all the horses the robbers had, and loaded them with the most valuable things which he could find—vessels of gold and of silver, and clothes and other magnificent things—and then he told the old woman to greet the robbers from him and thank them from him, and say that he had gone away, and that they would have a great deal of difficulty in finding him again, and with that he drove the horses out of the courtyard. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 loaded load VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 18 advmod _ _ 18 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 25 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 — - PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 from from ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 53 parataxis _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 ccomp _ _ 64 away away ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 68 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 parataxis _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ _ 76 in in SCONJ IN _ 77 mark _ _ 77 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 75 acl _ _ 78 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 again again ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 82 with with SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 83 that that SCONJ IN _ 85 mark _ _ 84 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 85 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 obj _ _ 88 out out ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 89 of of ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring out** | past | man | all horses | | | then | out *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 2 | **have** | past | the robbers | all horses *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 3 | **load** | past | man *not said here* | robbers *= robber* | | | | with the valuable things | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with thing=Theme | | 4 | **find** | could | man | the valuable things | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | man | | the old woman | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **greet** *speech: greet* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the robbers | | | | from man | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Theme | | 7 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | | | robbers *= robber* | | | from man | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **go away** | past · perfect | man | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **have** | would | robbers *= robber* | a great deal of difficulty | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient | | 11 | **find** | gerund | difficulty *not said here* | man | | | again | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 12 | **drive** | past | man | the horses | | the courtyard | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme out courtyard=Trajectory | | 13 | **deal** | | | difficulty | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/82/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)