--- title: While the quarrel was going on, Niels had loaded the gun again, and… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: While the quarrel was going on, Niels had loaded the gun again, and just as the second giant was about to put a nice tit-bit into his mouth, bang! went the gun again, and the fork flew into a dozen pieces. Who acts: quarrel, Niels, second giant, fork. 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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 (quarrel, Niels, second giant, fork), 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:pg2435:30:10 # text = While the quarrel was going on, Niels had loaded the gun again, and just as the second giant was about to put a nice tit-bit into his mouth, bang! went the gun again, and the fork flew into a dozen pieces. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 Niels Niels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 amod _ _ 20 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 tit tit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past · progressive | the quarrel | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **load** | past · perfect | Niels | the gun | | | again | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gun=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the second giant | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | to-infinitive | the second giant *not said here* | a nice tit bit | | Niels's mouth and bang | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | past | | the gun | | | again | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gun=Theme | | 6 | **fly** | past | the fork | | | | | into dozen pieces *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into piece=Result | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/11/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)