--- title: The horse no sooner recognized his master, than it neighed loudly wi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The horse no sooner recognized his master, than it neighed loudly with joy, and springing towards him, it stood as if rooted to the ground, while Prince Milan and Hyacinthia jumped on its back. Who acts: horse, master, Prince Milan. 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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 (horse, master, Prince Milan), 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:pg7277:28:20 # text = The horse no sooner recognized his master, than it neighed loudly with joy, and springing towards him, it stood as if rooted to the ground, while Prince Milan and Hyacinthia jumped on its back. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 than than SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 neighed neigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 springing spring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 18 towards towards ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 rooted root VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 while while SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Milan Milan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 Hyacinthia Hyacinthia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recognize** | past | the horse | horse's master | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer master=Stimulus | | 2 | **neigh** | past | master | | | | | with joy; loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spring** | gerund | master *not said here* | | | | | towards horse | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards he=Destination | | 4 | **stand** | past | master | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **root** | participle | master *not said here* | | | | | to the ground | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **jump** | past | Prince Milan and Hyacinthia | | | master's back | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/21/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/28/)