--- title: But as soon as more people passed by, and nodded him good-morning, h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But as soon as more people passed by, and nodded him good-morning, he became so happy in thinking how well it looked to have five horses ploughing his field that, cracking his whip, he called out ‘Gee-up, my five horses!’ Who acts: Klaus, crack, five horses. 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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 (Klaus, crack, five horses), 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:pg640:41:14 # text = But as soon as more people passed by, and nodded him good-morning, he became so happy in thinking how well it looked to have five horses ploughing his field that, cracking his whip, he called out ‘Gee-up, my five horses!’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 as as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 21 in in SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 24 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 ploughing plough VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 cracking crack VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Gee gee NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass by** | participle | | more people *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **nod** | past | | Klaus | | | morning | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **become** | past | Klaus | | | | | happy, soon *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Klaus *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **look** | past | crack | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | crack *not said here* | five horses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 7 | **plough** | gerund | five horses *not said here* | Klaus's field | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent field=Initial\_Location that=Result | | 8 | **crack** | gerund | five horses *not said here* | Klaus's whip | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whip=Theme | | 9 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | Klaus | Gee up and my five horses | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/15/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/41/)