--- title: But whilst the giant went for his club, bethinking him of a very goo… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But whilst the giant went for his club, bethinking him of a very good weapon, he made no more ado, but took his cart, turned it upside down, and took axle-tree and wheel for shield and buckler. Who acts: giant, Tom. 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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, Tom), 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:pg14241:19:68 # text = But whilst the giant went for his club, bethinking him of a very good weapon, he made no more ado, but took his cart, turned it upside down, and took axle-tree and wheel for shield and buckler. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bethinking bethink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 no no ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 amod _ _ 22 ado ado NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 upside upside ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 down down ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 axle axle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 buckler buckler NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the giant | | | | | for Tom's club | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for club=Beneficiary | | 2 | **bethink** | gerund | the giant *not said here* | Tom | | | | of a good weapon | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | Tom | more ado | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ado=Product | | 4 | **take** | past | | Tom's cart | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | past | | cart | | | | down *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past | | axle tree and wheel | | | | for shield and buckler | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent tree=Theme for shield=Beneficiary | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/69/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/)