--- title: At this the giantess roared out with a terrible voice: “If he is nea… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At this the giantess roared out with a terrible voice: “If he is near enough to hear my words, I lay this spell on him: Let him be half scorched and half withered; and may he have neither rest nor peace till he finds me.” Who acts: Ingiborg, my. 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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 (Ingiborg, my), 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:pg2435:33:32 # text = At this the giantess roared out with a terrible voice: “If he is near enough to hear my words, I lay this spell on him: Let him be half scorched and half withered; and may he have neither rest nor peace till he finds me.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 If if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 near near ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 34 advmod _ _ 34 scorched scorch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 37 advmod _ _ 37 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 43 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 44 cc:preconj _ _ 44 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 46 cc _ _ 46 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 47 till till SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roar out** | past | | | | | | at this giantess; with a terrible voice | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Ingiborg | | | | | enough, near *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ingiborg *not said here* | my words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 4 | **lay** *in a quote* | present | Ingiborg | this spell | | | | on Ingiborg | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on he=Destination | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Ingiborg *not said here* | Ingiborg | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **scorch** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | Ingiborg *not said here* | | | | | half *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | | 7 | **wither** *in a quote* | participle | Ingiborg *not said here* | | | | | half *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | may | Ingiborg | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **rest** *in a quote* | infinitive | Ingiborg *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **find** *in a quote* | present | Ingiborg | Ingiborg | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic | | 11 | **word** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/33/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)