--- title: Going quickly into the next room she opened a chest and took out a b… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Going quickly into the next room she opened a chest and took out a ball of string and three gold rings, and gave them to Sigurd, saying: “If you throw this ball on the ground it will roll along till it reaches some high cliffs. Who acts: giantess, you, ball. 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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 (giantess, you, ball), 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:pg2435:33:36 # text = Going quickly into the next room she opened a chest and took out a ball of string and three gold rings, and gave them to Sigurd, saying: “If you throw this ball on the ground it will roll along till it reaches some high cliffs. 1 Going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 2 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 20 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 If if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 throw throw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 43 along along ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 till till SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 reaches reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 47 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 48 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | giantess *not said here* | | | the next room | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **open** | past | giantess | a chest | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme | | 3 | **take out** | past | giantess *not said here* | a ball of string and three gold rings | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | giantess *not said here* | | rings *= ring* | | | to Sigurd | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to sigurd=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | giantess *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **throw** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | this ball | | the ground | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ball=Theme on ground=Destination | | 7 | **roll** *in a quote* | future | ball | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **reach** *in a quote* | present | ball | some high cliffs | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cliff=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/37/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)