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title: “Who has slain the lindworm?” he asked of his children; there were s… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: “Who has slain the lindworm?” he asked of his children; there were so many that he did not at first miss the two which the lindworm had eaten. Who acts: lindworm, many. A sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 12

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“Who has slain the lindworm?” he asked of his children; there were so many that he did not at first miss the two which the lindworm had eaten.

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**Who acts:** lindworm, many · **What happens:** slay, ask, be, not miss, eat · **To what, where:** lindworm, two · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lindworm, many), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:10:12
# text = “Who has slain the lindworm?” he asked of his children; there were so many that he did not at first miss the two which the lindworm had eaten.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lindworm	lindworm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
15	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	16	expl	_	_
16	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	nsubj	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
21	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
22	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	25	obl	_	_
25	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	obj	_	_
28	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	lindworm	lindworm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** *in a quote* | present · perfect |  | the lindworm |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lindworm=Patient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | lindworm |  |  |  |  | of lindworm's children | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of child=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **be** | past | many |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **miss** | past · do-support | lindworm | the two |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer two=Stimulus |
| 5 | **eat** | past · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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