--- title: This went on for seven days and nights, when the white horse, who ha… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This went on for seven days and nights, when the white horse, who had never done such a thing before, turned to the Sun-Hero and said in a human voice: ‘Listen to what I am going to say. Who acts: This, white horse, I. 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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 (This, white horse, I), 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:pg640:38:28 # text = This went on for seven days and nights, when the white horse, who had never done such a thing before, turned to the Sun-Hero and said in a human voice: ‘Listen to what I am going to say. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 21 det:predet _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 before before ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Hero Hero PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | This | | | | day | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **do** | past · perfect | the white horse | such thing | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 3 | **turn** | past | the white horse | | | | | to the Sun Hero *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hero=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | This *not said here* | | | a human voice | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in voice=Manner | | 5 | **listen** | infinitive | This *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme | | 6 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/29/) - ↑ back to [The Death of the Sun-hero (27)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/38/)