--- title: While he was riding over the heath in the highest of spirits the mar… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: While he was riding over the heath in the highest of spirits the mare suddenly said to her rider: ‘You are the first person who has ever succeeded in outwitting the old witch Corva, and now you may ask what reward you like for your service. Who acts: Prince, mare, You, your. 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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, mare, You, your), 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:pg640:32:33 # text = While he was riding over the heath in the highest of spirits the mare suddenly said to her rider: ‘You are the first person who has ever succeeded in outwitting the old witch Corva, and now you may ask what reward you like for your service. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heath heath NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 rider rider NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 amod _ _ 26 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 30 advmod _ _ 30 succeeded succeed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 in in SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 outwitting outwit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 Corva Corva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 nsubj _ _ 44 reward reward VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past · progressive | Prince | | | the heath | | in the highest spirits | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over heath=Trajectory | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mare | the highest spirits *not said here* | misfortune's rider | | | suddenly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent spirit=Topic to rider=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | present | You | the first person | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **succeed** | present · perfect · passive | | the first person | | | ever | | tree rules | | 5 | **outwit** | gerund | | the old witch | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot witch=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | may | you | | | | now | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **reward** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **like** | present | you | | | | | for your service | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for service=Attribute | | 9 | **service** | | your | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/34/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/)