--- title: But the horse heard and stood ready at the door, and as Ciccu came f… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the horse heard and stood ready at the door, and as Ciccu came flying down the stairs and jumped on his back he sped away like the wind, and never stopped till they arrived at the king’s palace. Who acts: horse, Ciccu, stairs. 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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, Ciccu, stairs), 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:pg5615:38:36 # text = But the horse heard and stood ready at the door, and as Ciccu came flying down the stairs and jumped on his back he sped away like the wind, and never stopped till they arrived at the king’s palace. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ _ 17 down down ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sped speed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 27 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the horse | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **stand** | past | the horse *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | the horse *not said here* | | | | | as Ciccu | tree rules | | 4 | **fly** | gerund | the horse *not said here* | | | the stairs | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stair=Trajectory | | 5 | **jump** | past | the horse *not said here* | | | Ciccu's back | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | | 6 | **speed away** | past | Ciccu | | | | | like the wind; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **stop** | past | the horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **arrive** | past | stairs *= stair* | | | the king's palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/37/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/)