--- title: In his rambles he came to the farmyard, where a beautiful white hors… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In his rambles he came to the farmyard, where a beautiful white horse had a stall to itself; in another was a black cow with two white-faced calves, while the clucking of geese, ducks, and hens reached him from a distance. Who acts: door, beautiful white horse, hens. 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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 (door, beautiful white horse, hens), 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:pg641:9:110 # text = In his rambles he came to the farmyard, where a beautiful white horse had a stall to itself; in another was a black cow with two white-faced calves, while the clucking of geese, ducks, and hens reached him from a distance. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 rambles ramble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 farmyard farmyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 stall stall NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 29 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 calves calf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 while while SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 clucking cluck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | door | | | door's rambles | | to the farmyard | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to farmyard=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **have** | past | a beautiful white horse | a stall | stall | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stall=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | in another black cow; with two faced calves | tree rules | | 4 | **cluck** | gerund | a beautiful white horse *not said here* | | | | | of geese and ducks | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **reach** | past | hens | door | | | | from a distance | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from distance=Source | | 6 | **ramble** | | door | | | | | | nom ramble «act 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/111/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/)