--- title: On, on he galloped, leaving his retinue far behind, keeping the whit… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On, on he galloped, leaving his retinue far behind, keeping the white hind in view, never drawing bridle, until, finding himself in a narrow ravine with no outlet, he reined in his steed. Who acts: king. 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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 (king), 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:pg7128:18:112 # text = On, on he galloped, leaving his retinue far behind, keeping the white hind in view, never drawing bridle, until, finding himself in a narrow ravine with no outlet, he reined in his steed. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 on on SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 galloped gallop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 11 behind behind ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hind hind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 22 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 until until SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 27 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 ravine ravine NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 outlet outlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 reined rein VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gallop** | past | king | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | gerund | king *not said here* | king's retinue | | | | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent retinue=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | hind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **draw** | gerund | king *not said here* | bridle | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme | | 5 | **find** | gerund | king *not said here* | king | | a narrow ravine | | with no outlet | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 6 | **rein** | past | king | | | king's steed | | | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/113/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/)