--- title: The bridle fell from her hand: and the sword which she had just gras… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The bridle fell from her hand: and the sword which she had just grasped slid back into its sheath, but the horse bade her fear nothing, and with a mighty effort she sat upright and spurred straight on the dragon. Who acts: bridle, sword, fear, bade. 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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 (bridle, sword, fear, bade), 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:pg641:38:114 # text = The bridle fell from her hand: and the sword which she had just grasped slid back into its sheath, but the horse bade her fear nothing, and with a mighty effort she sat upright and spurred straight on the dragon. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 grasped grasp VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 slid slide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 back back ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sheath sheath NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 upright upright ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 spurred spur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 40 straight straight ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the bridle | nothing | | bridle's hand | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **grasp** | past · perfect · passive | | the sword | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **slide back** | past | the sword | | | sword's sheath | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sheath=Destination | | 4 | **sit** | past | fear | | | | | with a mighty effort; upright *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **spur** | participle | fear *not said here* | | | | | on the dragon | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fear** | | bade | | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/115/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/)