--- title: It occurred to him directly that the harness belonged to the horse,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It occurred to him directly that the harness belonged to the horse, and without ever thinking of harm (for indeed he who steals a horse can hardly be blamed for taking his saddle), he hastily placed it on the animal’s back. Who acts: hand, harness, Saphir, thinking. 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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 (hand, harness, Saphir, thinking), 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:pg640:11:83 # text = It occurred to him directly that the harness belonged to the horse, and without ever thinking of harm (for indeed he who steals a horse can hardly be blamed for taking his saddle), he hastily placed it on the animal’s back. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 directly directly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 harness harness NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 without without SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 advmod _ _ 17 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 csubj:pass _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 steals steal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 blamed blame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’s 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occur** | past | hand | | Saphir | | | directly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **belong** | past | the harness | | | | | to the horse | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | ever | of harm | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **steal** | present | Saphir | a horse | | | | indeed *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme | | 5 | **blame** | can · passive | thinking | | | | | hardly *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **take** | gerund | thinking *not said here* | Saphir's saddle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme | | 7 | **place** | past | Saphir | hand | | the animal's back | | hastily *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on back=Destination | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/84/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/)