--- title: ‘Sit firmly in the saddle, my lord, for we have a long way to go and… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Sit firmly in the saddle, my lord, for we have a long way to go and no time to waste,’ said the brown horse, and Petru soon saw that they were riding as no man and horse had ever ridden before. Who acts: we, Petru, saddles. 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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 (we, Petru, saddles), 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:pg641:19:94 # text = ‘Sit firmly in the saddle, my lord, for we have a long way to go and no time to waste,’ said the brown horse, and Petru soon saw that they were riding as no man and horse had ever ridden before. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 3 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 46 advmod _ _ 46 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 conj _ _ 47 before before ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | infinitive | | my lord | | the saddle | | firmly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in saddle=Location | | 2 | **have** | present | we | a long way | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | a long way *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **waste** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the brown horse | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | Petru | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **ride** | past · progressive | saddles *= saddle* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **ride** | past · perfect | saddles *= saddle* *not said here* | | | | ever | as no man and horse; before *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent 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 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/95/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/)