--- title: When they had finished their meal the giantess rose and said: “Thank… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they had finished their meal the giantess rose and said: “Thank you for all these nice dishes, and for the best lamb, the best can of beer and the nicest drink I have ever had; but—is Prince Sigurd really not at home?” Who acts: knees, meal. 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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 (knees, meal), 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:pg2435:33:20 # text = When they had finished their meal the giantess rose and said: “Thank you for all these nice dishes, and for the best lamb, the best can of beer and the nicest drink I have ever had; but—is Prince Sigurd really not at home?” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 18 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 19 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 amod _ _ 26 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 conj _ _ 30 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 nicest nice ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 amod _ _ 36 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 advmod _ _ 40 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 43 — - PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:desc _ _ 46 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 47 really really ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | knees *= knee* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **rise** | past | knees's meal | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | knees's meal *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | | | you | | | for all nice dishes | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for dish=Attribute | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | knees's meal *= meal* | the nicest drink *not said here* | | | ever | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Sigurd | | | | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/21/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)