--- title: He was annoyed at this, and took them out again, twisted a rope roun… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was annoyed at this, and took them out again, twisted a rope round the cart, and all the trees, lifted the whole affair on his back, and set off home, leading the horses behind him by the rein. Who acts: He, trees. 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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 (He, trees), 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:pg5615:13:2 # text = He was annoyed at this, and took them out again, twisted a rope round the cart, and all the trees, lifted the whole affair on his back, and set off home, leading the horses behind him by the rein. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 twisted twist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 round round ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 affair affair NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 behind behind ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 rein rein NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | this | | annoyed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take out** | past | | hacks *= hack* | | | again | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **twist** | past | | a rope | | the cart | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rope=Theme round cart=Trajectory | | 4 | **lift** | past | all trees | the whole affair | | his back | | set home *obl* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent affair=Theme on back=Destination | | 5 | **set off** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **lead** | gerund | all trees *not said here* | the horses | | | | behind him *= he*; by the rein | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme behind he=Destination | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/3/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/)