--- title: To kill the giants, he thought, would be using the sword for the rig… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To kill the giants, he thought, would be using the sword for the right; but as to winning the love of the princess, that was a thing which the son of a poor sheep-farmer need not hope for. Who acts: Niels, that, thing. 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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 (Niels, that, thing), 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:pg2435:30:52 # text = To kill the giants, he thought, would be using the sword for the right; but as to winning the love of the princess, that was a thing which the son of a poor sheep-farmer need not hope for. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 vocative _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 38 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 farmer farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 41 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 43 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | to-infinitive | Niels *not said here* | the giants | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Niels | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **use** | would · progressive | Niels *not said here* | the sword | | | | for the right | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent sword=Theme for right=Eventuality | | 4 | **win** | gerund | that *not said here* | the love of the princess | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** | past | that | a thing | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **son** | | a thing | | | | | of a poor sheep farmer | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **need** | present | a thing | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **hope** *not said to happen* | infinitive | a thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **love** | | | the princess | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=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:** «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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/53/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)