--- title: The two got so angry over the matter that each offered to fight the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The two got so angry over the matter that each offered to fight the other there and then, but the third giant acted as peace-maker, and they again fell to their eating. Who acts: two, third giant, giants. 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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 (two, third giant, giants), 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:pg2435:30:9 # text = The two got so angry over the matter that each offered to fight the other there and then, but the third giant acted as peace-maker, and they again fell to their eating. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 obj _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 23 amod _ _ 23 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 acted act VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 maker maker NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 eating eating NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the two | | | | | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **offer** | participle · passive | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fight** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the other | | there | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Co-Agent | | 4 | **act** | participle | the third giant | | | | | as peace maker | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as maker=Attribute | | 5 | **fall** | past | giants *= giant* | | | | again | to giants's eating | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to eating=Theme | | 6 | **eat** | | giants *= giant* | | | | | | nom eating «act intransitive»: 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/10/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)