--- title: After they had both done eating the giantess said: “Thank you, siste… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After they had both done eating the giantess said: “Thank you, sister, for your good dinner—the best lamb, the best can of beer and the best drink I have ever had; but—is not Prince Sigurd at home?” Who acts: spirits, I. 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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 (spirits, I), 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:pg2435:33:10 # text = After they had both done eating the giantess said: “Thank you, sister, for your good dinner—the best lamb, the best can of beer and the best drink I have ever had; but—is not Prince Sigurd at home?” 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 both both ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 6 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 — - PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 appos _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 38 advmod _ _ 38 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 41 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:desc _ _ 45 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | spirits *= spirit* | | | | | both *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | spirits *= spirit* *not said here* | the giantess | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giantess=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | | sister | you | | | for your good dinner | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for dinner=Attribute | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | the best drink *not said here* | | | ever | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient | | 6 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Sigurd | | home | | Prince *nmod:desc* | tree rules | 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/pg2435/33/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/11/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)