--- title: ‘Now, father, you shall see what I can do!’ said the blacksmith, and… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now, father, you shall see what I can do!’ said the blacksmith, and he sprang after the carriage, tore off the four shoes of the horse as it was going at the top of its speed, and shod it with four new ones without checking its pace. Who acts: you, I, father, carriage. 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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 (you, I, father, carriage), 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:pg5615:8:27 # text = ‘Now, father, you shall see what I can do!’ said the blacksmith, and he sprang after the carriage, tore off the four shoes of the horse as it was going at the top of its speed, and shod it with four new ones without checking its pace. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 blacksmith blacksmith NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 tore tore NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 27 off off ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 shod shoe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 50 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 52 without without SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 53 checking check VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 54 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | shall | you | | | | now | father *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | can | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the blacksmith | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **spring** | past | father | | | | after the carriage | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | carriage | | | the top of carriage's speed | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at top=Location | | 6 | **shoe** | past | | carriage | | | | with four new ones | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with one=Theme | | 7 | **check** | gerund | | carriage's pace | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pace=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/28/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/)