--- title: So he came round to the door with the coal-black horse with eyes of… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he came round to the door with the coal-black horse with eyes of fire, and off they went as fast as before, or perhaps a little faster, till they came to Dame Goody's cottage, where the squinny-eyed old fellow lifted her down and left her, thanking her civilly enough, and paying her more than she --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [Fairy Ointment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/) / 22 # English Fairy Tales, Fairy Ointment, sentence 22 So he came round to the door with the coal-black horse with eyes of fire, and off they went as fast as before, or perhaps a little faster, till they came to Dame Goody's cottage, where the squinny-eyed old fellow lifted her down and left her, thanking her civilly enough, and paying her more than she had ever been paid before for such service. **Who acts:** fellow, eyes, eyed old fellow · **What happens:** come round, go, come, lift down, leave, thank · **To what, where:** door, cottage, Dame, more This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Fairy Ointment. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fellow, eyes, eyed old fellow), 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:pg7439:46:22 # text = So he came round to the door with the coal-black horse with eyes of fire, and off they went as fast as before, or perhaps a little faster, till they came to Dame Goody's cottage, where the squinny-eyed old fellow lifted her down and left her, thanking her civilly enough, and paying her more than she had ever been paid before for such service. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 off off ADP IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 before before ADV RB _ 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ _ 32 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 Dame Dame PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Goody Goody PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 45 squinny squinny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 down down ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 thanking thank VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 advcl _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 civilly civilly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 xcomp _ _ 60 enough enough ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 64 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 63 obj _ _ 66 than than SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 67 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 68 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 69 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 71 advmod _ _ 70 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 advcl _ _ 72 before before ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 for for ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come round** | past | fellow | | | the door | | with the black horse with eyes of fire; fast, round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **go** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | Dame Goody's cottage | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cottage=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **lift down** | past | the eyed old fellow | Dame | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **leave** | past | the eyed old fellow *not said here* | Dame | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | the eyed old fellow *not said here* | | | | | civilly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pay** | gerund | fellow *not said here* | Dame's more | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset | | 8 | **pay** | past · perfect · passive | | Dame | | | before such service; ever | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/23/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Ointment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/)