--- title: The Welwa uttered a neigh so loud that Petru thought he would be dea… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Welwa uttered a neigh so loud that Petru thought he would be deaf for life, and then, though she too was nearly spent, flung herself upon her enemy; but Petru was on the watch and threw the bridle over her head, as she rushed on, so that when the day broke there were three horses trotting beside --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/82/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/) / 82 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2, sentence 82 The Welwa uttered a neigh so loud that Petru thought he would be deaf for life, and then, though she too was nearly spent, flung herself upon her enemy; but Petru was on the watch and threw the bridle over her head, as she rushed on, so that when the day broke there were three horses trotting beside him. **Who acts:** Welwa, Petru, Strike, day, three horses · **What happens:** utter, think, be, spend, fling, throw · **To what, where:** neigh, Strike, enemy, watch, bridle, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Welwa, Petru, Strike, day), 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:pg641:20:82 # text = The Welwa uttered a neigh so loud that Petru thought he would be deaf for life, and then, though she too was nearly spent, flung herself upon her enemy; but Petru was on the watch and threw the bridle over her head, as she rushed on, so that when the day broke there were three horses trotting beside him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Welwa Welwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 neigh neigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 deaf deaf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 25 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 51 on on ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 58 mark _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 fixed _ _ 55 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 58 advmod _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 59 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 60 expl _ _ 60 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 61 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 62 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 63 trotting trot VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 62 acl _ _ 64 beside beside ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **utter** *speech: other* | past | the Welwa | a neigh | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent neigh=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Petru | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | would | Petru | | | | | for life; deaf *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **spend** | past · passive | | Strike | | | then | nearly *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 5 | **fling** | past | the Welwa *not said here* | Strike | | Strike's enemy | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme upon enemy=Destination | | 6 | **is** | past | Petru | | | the watch | | | tree rules | | 7 | **throw** | past | the Welwa *not said here* | the bridle | | Strike's head | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme over head=Destination | | 8 | **rush** | past | Strike | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **break** | past | the day | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **be** | past | three horses | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **trot** | gerund | three horses *not said here* | | | | | beside Petru | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside he=Trajectory | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/83/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/20/)