--- title: The creature, said he, rode on a cock as though it had been a horse,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The creature, said he, rode on a cock as though it had been a horse, and it made lovely music, but as it certainly could not read he had just written that he would _not_ give it anything at all. Who acts: creature, 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 (creature, 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:pg7277:48:31 # text = The creature, said he, rode on a cock as though it had been a horse, and it made lovely music, but as it certainly could not read he had just written that he would _not_ give it anything at all. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 just just ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 _ _ VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ _ 42 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 obj _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the creature | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **ride** | past | King | | | | | on a cock | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past · perfect | creature | a horse | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past | creature | lovely music | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material music=Product | | 5 | **not** **read** | could | creature | | | | | certainly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **write** | past · perfect | King | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **\_** | would | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **give** | infinitive | King *not said here* | creature | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient anything=Theme | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/32/) - ↑ back to [Jack My Hedgehog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/)