--- title: After waiting a little while the young man tried again to loose the… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After waiting a little while the young man tried again to loose the horse, but a second time it neighed so loudly that the dragon woke up in a hurry and called out to know why the horse was making such a noise. Who acts: young man, horse, dragon. 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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 (young man, horse, dragon), 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:pg5615:1:88 # text = After waiting a little while the young man tried again to loose the horse, but a second time it neighed so loudly that the dragon woke up in a hurry and called out to know why the horse was making such a noise. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 loose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 neighed neigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 37 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 ccomp _ _ 42 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 44 det:predet _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | a little | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** | past | the young man | | | | again | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **lose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | the horse | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality | | 4 | **neigh** | past | horse | | | | time | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wake up** | past | the dragon | | | a hurry | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | | a hurry *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **make** | past · progressive | the horse | such noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/89/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/)