--- title: The horse-shoer then said that he knew the bird very well; he had se… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The horse-shoer then said that he knew the bird very well; he had seen it when it sat in its cage in another king’s palace, and if it did not sing now it must be because it did not have all that it wanted. Who acts: horse shoer, shoer, bird. 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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 (horse shoer, shoer, bird), 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:pg5615:15:75 # text = The horse-shoer then said that he knew the bird very well; he had seen it when it sat in its cage in another king’s palace, and if it did not sing now it must be because it did not have all that it wanted. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 shoer shoer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 41 because because SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the horse shoer | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | past | shoer | the bird | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | shoer | bird | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **sit** | past | bird | | | bird's cage | | in another king's palace | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cage=Location | | 5 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | bird | | | | now | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **be** | infinitive | bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **have** | past · do-support | bird | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **want** | past | bird | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/76/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)