--- title: He got his provisions tied up again, and laid them on the horse’s ba… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He got his provisions tied up again, and laid them on the horse’s back; then he took hold of the reins and said to the man, ‘We two can go along together on foot.’ Who acts: Hans, We. 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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 (Hans, We), 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:pg5615:13:86 # text = He got his provisions tied up again, and laid them on the horse’s back; then he took hold of the reins and said to the man, ‘We two can go along together on foot.’ 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 reins rein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 36 along along ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 together together ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Hans | Hans's provisions | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer provision=Stimulus | | 2 | **tie up** | participle | | Hans's provisions *not said here* | | | again | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **lay** | past | Hans *not said here* | provisions *= provision* | | the horse's back | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on back=Destination | | 4 | **take** | past | Hans | hold of the reins | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hans *not said here* | | | | | to the man | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to man=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 6 | **go along** | can | We | | | foot | | along, together *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location | | 7 | **provide** | | Hans | | | | | | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **hold** | | | the reins | | | | | nom hold «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 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/87/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/13/)