--- title: Sigurd was fond of all games, and began to wrestle with joy; but he… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Sigurd was fond of all games, and began to wrestle with joy; but he was no match for the giantess, and as she noticed that he was getting faint she gave him a horn to drink out of, which was very foolish on her part, as it made Sigurd so strong that he soon overthrew her. 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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 (Sigurd, giantess, horn), 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:pg2435:33:56 # text = Sigurd was fond of all games, and began to wrestle with joy; but he was no match for the giantess, and as she noticed that he was getting faint she gave him a horn to drink out of, which was very foolish on her part, as it made Sigurd so strong that he soon overthrew her. 1 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 wrestle wrestle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 32 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 out out ADP IN _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 54 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 60 advmod _ _ 60 overthrew overthrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ _ 61 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Sigurd | | | | | of all games; fond *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | Sigurd *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **wrestle** | to-infinitive | Sigurd *not said here* | | | | | with joy | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with joy=Co-Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | Sigurd | no match | | | | for the giantess | tree rules | | 5 | **notice** | past | giantess | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **get** | past · progressive | Sigurd | | | | | faint *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **give** | past | giantess | a horn | Sigurd | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient horn=Theme | | 8 | **drink out** | to-infinitive | giantess *not said here* | a horn *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | a horn | | | giantess's part | | foolish *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **make** | past | horn | Sigurd | | | | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sigurd=Product | | 11 | **overthrow** | past | Sigurd | giantess | | | | soon *property* | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/57/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)