--- title: A day’s journey from the palace, she reached the copper bridge, but… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A day’s journey from the palace, she reached the copper bridge, but before they came in sight of it, the horse, who was a magician, had warned her of the means her father would take to prove her courage. Who acts: journey, preparations, horse, the. 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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 (journey, preparations, horse, the), 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:pg641:38:94 # text = A day’s journey from the palace, she reached the copper bridge, but before they came in sight of it, the horse, who was a magician, had warned her of the means her father would take to prove her courage. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 16 before before SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 warned warn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 nsubj _ _ 37 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | a day's journey from the palace | the copper bridge | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | preparations *= preparation* | the horse and a magician | | sight of bridge | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sight=Location | | 3 | **is a** | past | the horse and a magician | a magician | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect | a day's journey from the palace *not said here* | | bade | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **mean** | present | the | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** | would | bade's father | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **prove** | to-infinitive | bade's father *not said here* | bade's courage | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 8 | **journey** | | a day | | | the palace | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent from=place | | 9 | **sight** | | | bridge | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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/pg641/38/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/95/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/38/)