--- title: And seeing the giant beginning to weary and fail in his blows, Tom t… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And seeing the giant beginning to weary and fail in his blows, Tom thought best to make hay whilst the sun shone, and, laying on as fast as though he had been mad, he brought the giant to the ground. Who acts: Tom, sun. 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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 (Tom, sun), 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:pg14241:19:78 # text = And seeing the giant beginning to weary and fail in his blows, Tom thought best to make hay whilst the sun shone, and, laying on as fast as though he had been mad, he brought the giant to the ground. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 weary weary VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 28 on on ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 as as ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 32 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 cop _ _ 36 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | Tom *not said here* | the giant beginning | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beginning=Stimulus | | 2 | **weary** | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **fail** | infinitive | Tom *not said here* | | | Tom's blows | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in blow=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Tom | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | hay | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hay=Product | | 6 | **shine** | past | the sun | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **lay on** | gerund | Tom *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past · perfect | Tom | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **bring** | past | Tom | the giant | | the ground | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent giant=Theme to ground=Destination | | 10 | **blow** | | Tom | | | | | | nom blow «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/79/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/)