--- title: ‘That is the house of the goddess Venus,’ replied the horse, ‘and if… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘That is the house of the goddess Venus,’ replied the horse, ‘and if we ride hard we may reach it before dark’; and he darted off like an arrow, so that as twilight fell they found themselves nearing the house. Who acts: That, house, we, Petru. 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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 (That, house, we, Petru), 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:pg641:21:8 # text = ‘That is the house of the goddess Venus,’ replied the horse, ‘and if we ride hard we may reach it before dark’; and he darted off like an arrow, so that as twilight fell they found themselves nearing the house. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 Venus Venus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 21 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 darted dart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 twilight twilight NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 42 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 45 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 nearing near VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | the house | | | | of the goddess | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the house | the horse and ‘ | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent horse=Topic | | 3 | **ride** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | hard *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **reach** | may | we | house | | | before dark | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **dart off** | past | Petru | | | | | like a arrow | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past | Petru *not said here* | | | | | as twilight | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **find** | past | thistles *= thistle* | thistles *= thistle* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Topic | | 8 | **near** | gerund | thistles *= thistle* *not said here* | the house | | | | | tree rules | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/9/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/)