--- title: Then he saddled his Arab horse Bhaunr, put on his shining armour, an… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he saddled his Arab horse Bhaunr, put on his shining armour, and rode forth into the world; but mindful of what his nurses had oft told him, when he came to the river, he dismounted, and, going into the water, washed himself and his clothes. Who acts: Rasalu, nurses. 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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 (Rasalu, nurses), 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:pg7128:20:82 # text = Then he saddled his Arab horse Bhaunr, put on his shining armour, and rode forth into the world; but mindful of what his nurses had oft told him, when he came to the river, he dismounted, and, going into the water, washed himself and his clothes. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saddled saddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 5 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Bhaunr bhaunr NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 forth forth ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 mindful mindful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 nurses nurse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 csubj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 dismounted dismount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 ccomp _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 50 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 51 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 50 obj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **saddle** | past | Rasalu | Rasalu's Arab horse Bhaunr | | | then | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bhaunr=Destination | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | Rasalu *not said here* | | | Rasalu's shining armour | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on armour=Destination | | 3 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **ride** | past | Rasalu *not said here* | | | the world | | forth *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into world=Trajectory | | 5 | **have** | past | Rasalu's nurses | | | | | oft *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | | Rasalu | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **come** | past | Rasalu | | | the river | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **dismount** | past | Rasalu | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **go** | gerund | | | | the water | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into water=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **wash** | past | Rasalu *not said here* | Rasalu | | | | | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/83/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)