--- title: Once clear of the stable the young man sprang on his back and gallop… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Once clear of the stable the young man sprang on his back and galloped off, calling over his shoulder, ‘Hi! dragon! dragon! if anyone asks you what has become of your horse, you can say that I have got him!’ Who acts: young man, anyone, you, I. 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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, anyone, you, I), 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:pg5615:1:91 # text = Once clear of the stable the young man sprang on his back and galloped off, calling over his shoulder, ‘Hi! dragon! dragon! if anyone asks you what has become of your horse, you can say that I have got him!’ 1 Once once SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 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 5 appos _ _ 9 sprang spring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 galloped gallop VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 calling call VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 conj _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Hi hi INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 25 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 27 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 nsubj _ _ 31 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj _ _ 34 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 parataxis _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 ccomp _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | | | man's back | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | | 2 | **gallop off** | past | the young man *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **call** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | | | man's shoulder | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | anyone | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 5 | **become** | present · perfect | | dragon dragon | | | | of your horse | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **get** | present · perfect | I | Dragon | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/92/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/)