--- title: And they squabbled about it till they were tired, after which Ingibo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And they squabbled about it till they were tired, after which Ingiborg laid the table; and when the giantess had done eating she said: “Well, I must thank you for all these good things, and for the best lamb, the best can of beer and the best drink I have had for a long time; but—are you quite sure --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/) / 29 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 29 And they squabbled about it till they were tired, after which Ingiborg laid the table; and when the giantess had done eating she said: “Well, I must thank you for all these good things, and for the best lamb, the best can of beer and the best drink I have had for a long time; but—are you quite sure Prince Sigurd is not at home?” **Who acts:** knees, Ingiborg, giantess, you, Sigurd · **What happens:** squabble, be, lay, do, eat, say · **To what, where:** best, table, you, best drink, home · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (knees, Ingiborg, giantess, you), 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:pg2435:33:29 # text = And they squabbled about it till they were tired, after which Ingiborg laid the table; and when the giantess had done eating she said: “Well, I must thank you for all these good things, and for the best lamb, the best can of beer and the best drink I have had for a long time; but—are you quite sure Prince Sigurd is not at home?” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 squabbled squabble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 13 Ingiborg Ingiborg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 24 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 xcomp _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Well well INTJ UH _ 33 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 37 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 45 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obj _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 55 amod _ _ 55 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 64 but but CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 65 — - PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 67 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 68 quite quite ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 70 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nmod:desc _ _ 71 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 72 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 cop _ _ 73 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 75 advmod _ _ 74 at at ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ? ? PUNCT . _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squabble** | past | knees *= knee* | the best | | | | about forest | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | knees *= knee* | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lay** | past | Ingiborg | the table | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Result | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | the giantess | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** | gerund | the giantess *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | giantess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | must | giantess | | you | | | for all good things | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for thing=Attribute | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | giantess | the best drink *not said here* | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Sigurd Prince | | | home | | | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/30/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)