--- title: On seeing this strange sight approaching towards them at such a spee… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On seeing this strange sight approaching towards them at such a speed they were seized with terror, and cried out to one another, "There comes Johnny Gloke that killed the two giants with the gallows on his horse's neck to hang us all." Who acts: speed, Johnny. 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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 (speed, Johnny), 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:pg14241:21:147 # text = On seeing this strange sight approaching towards them at such a speed they were seized with terror, and cried out to one another, "There comes Johnny Gloke that killed the two giants with the gallows on his horse's neck to hang us all." 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 7 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 12 det:predet _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 24 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 23 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 Johnny Johnny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 Gloke Gloke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 46 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | this strange sight | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 2 | **approach** | gerund | | | | such speed | | towards rebels *= rebel* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards they=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **seize** | past · passive | such speed *not said here* | rebels *= rebel* | | | | with terror | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | | | one | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | past | Johnny | the two giants | | Johnny's horse's neck | | with the gallows | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent giant=Patient with gallows=Instrument | | 7 | **hang** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Johnny *not said here* | us | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | 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 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/146/) - next →: [sentence 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/148/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/)