--- title: Trembling sat on the golden saddle; and when she was ready to start,… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Trembling sat on the golden saddle; and when she was ready to start, the henwife said: "You must not go inside the door of the church, and the minute the people rise up at the end of Mass, do you make off, and ride home as fast as the mare will carry you." Who acts: henwife, You, minute, mare. 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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 (henwife, You, minute, mare), 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:pg7885:23:17 # text = Trembling sat on the golden saddle; and when she was ready to start, the henwife said: "You must not go inside the door of the church, and the minute the people rise up at the end of Mass, do you make off, and ride home as fast as the mare will carry you." 1 Trembling tremble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 henwife henwife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 25 inside inside ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Mass Mass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 48 off off ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 52 home home ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 53 as as ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 58 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tremble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past | | | | the golden saddle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on saddle=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | henwife | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **start** | to-infinitive | henwife *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the henwife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | must | You | | | the door of the church | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme inside door=Location | | 7 | **rise up** *in a quote* | present | the minute | | | | at the end of Mass | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location | | 8 | **make off** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **ride** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | fast, home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **carry** *in a quote* | future | the mare | you | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/18/) - ↑ back to [Fair, Brown, and Trembling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/)