--- title: When all was ready, it was found that the iron horse was so heavy th… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When all was ready, it was found that the iron horse was so heavy that a hundred men could not move it from the spot, so the youth found there was nothing for it but to move it with his own strength by means of the magic ring. Who acts: all, iron horse, hundred men, youth. 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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 (all, iron horse, hundred men, youth), 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:pg640:5:153 # text = When all was ready, it was found that the iron horse was so heavy that a hundred men could not move it from the spot, so the youth found there was nothing for it but to move it with his own strength by means of the magic ring. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 34 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 33 nsubj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | all | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | past · passive | | horse | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | the iron horse | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **move** | could | a hundred men | horse | | the spot | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme from spot=Trajectory | | 5 | **find** | past | the youth | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **move** | to-infinitive | the youth *not said here* | horse | | | | with wisdom's own strength | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **mean** | present | the youth *not said here* | | | | | of the magic ring | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/152/) - next →: [sentence 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/154/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)