--- title: After the giant had supped he lay down to sleep, snoring like the lo… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: After the giant had supped he lay down to sleep, snoring like the loudest thunder, while we lay shivering with horror the whole night through, and when day broke he awoke and went out, leaving us in the castle. Who acts: giant, we. 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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 (giant, we), 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:pg128:15:12 # text = After the giant had supped he lay down to sleep, snoring like the loudest thunder, while we lay shivering with horror the whole night through, and when day broke he awoke and went out, leaving us in the castle. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 supped sup VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 snoring snore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 loudest loud ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 shivering shiver VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 xcomp _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 through through ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sup** | past · perfect · passive | | the giant | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lie down** | past | giant | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **snore** | gerund | giant *not said here* | | | | | like the loudest thunder | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lay** | present | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **shiver** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | night | with horror; through *property* | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **break** | past | we *not said here* | | | | day | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **awake** | past | giant | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **go out** | past | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **leave** | gerund | giant *not said here* | us | | the castle | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent we=Theme in castle=Location | 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 Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/15/)