--- title: The prince asked to see the horse, and as soon as he entered the sta… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince asked to see the horse, and as soon as he entered the stable the steed began to neigh in a friendly fashion, and stood as quiet and still as a lamb while the prince lifted up his hoofs, one after the other, and showed the king’s men the famous golden shoes. Who acts: prince, steed. 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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 (prince, steed), 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:pg5615:15:73 # text = The prince asked to see the horse, and as soon as he entered the stable the steed began to neigh in a friendly fashion, and stood as quiet and still as a lamb while the prince lifted up his hoofs, one after the other, and showed the king’s men the famous golden shoes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 neigh neigh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 still still ADV RB _ 30 conj _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hoofs hoof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 appos _ _ 45 after after ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’s 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 56 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 57 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the prince | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the horse | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | | 3 | **enter** | past | prince | the stable | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stable=Destination | | 4 | **begin** | past | the steed | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **neigh** | to-infinitive | the steed *not said here* | | | a friendly fashion | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stand** | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | as a lamb; quiet *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lift up** | past | the prince | prince's hoofs | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoof=Theme | | 8 | **show** | past | the prince *not said here* | the famous golden shoes | the king's men | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent man=Recipient shoe=Topic | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/74/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)