--- title: First he chose some stout ropes, and then he led the horse out of th… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: First he chose some stout ropes, and then he led the horse out of the stable and rode it to the hay-stack, which was made up of fifty cartloads, so that it could hardly be called ‘a little one.’ Who acts: prince. 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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), 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:pg641:10:66 # text = First he chose some stout ropes, and then he led the horse out of the stable and rode it to the hay-stack, which was made up of fifty cartloads, so that it could hardly be called ‘a little one.’ 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 stout stout ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ropes rope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 stack stack NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 cartloads cartload NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN _ 41 advmod _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 parataxis _ _ 42 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | prince | some stout ropes | | | | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | past | prince | the horse | | the stable | then | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme out stable=Destination | | 3 | **ride** | past | prince *not said here* | stable | | the hay stack | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme to stack=Trajectory | | 4 | **make up** | past · passive | | the hay stack | | | | of fifty cartloads | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | | 5 | **call** | could · passive | | stable | | | | hardly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/67/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/10/)