--- title: So well had the giant made his observations, that though Niels climb… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So well had the giant made his observations, that though Niels climbed down the tree as fast as he could, so as to hide among the bushes, he had just got to the ground when the enemy was upon him. Who acts: giant, Niels, enemy, bullet. 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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, Niels, enemy, bullet), 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:pg2435:30:19 # text = So well had the giant made his observations, that though Niels climbed down the tree as fast as he could, so as to hide among the bushes, he had just got to the ground when the enemy was upon him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 observations observation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 11 though though SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 Niels Niels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 down down ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 27 among among ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 just just ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | the giant | bullet's observations | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent observation=Product | | 3 | **climb** | past | Niels | bullet's observations | | | | down the tree; fast *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | | | the bushes | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among bush=Location | | 5 | **get** | past · perfect | Niels | | | | | to the ground *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to ground=Result | | 6 | **is** | past | the enemy | | | | | upon bullet | tree rules | | 7 | **observe** | | bullet | | | | | | nom observation «act transitive»: 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:** «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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/20/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)