--- title: ‘My mare and foal,’ replied the Prince, ‘have run away from me, and… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘My mare and foal,’ replied the Prince, ‘have run away from me, and have hidden themselves in the clouds; if you wish to save my life, restore both animals to me.’ Who acts: mare, you. 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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 (mare, you), 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:pg640:32:9 # text = ‘My mare and foal,’ replied the Prince, ‘have run away from me, and have hidden themselves in the clouds; if you wish to save my life, restore both animals to me.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 22 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 36 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | My mare and foal | the Prince | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | | 2 | **run away** | present · perfect | My mare and foal *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | present · perfect | My mare and foal *not said here* | mare | | the clouds | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient in cloud=Location | | 4 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **save** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | my life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 6 | **restore** | infinitive | you *not said here* | both animals | me | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to i=Recipient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/10/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/)