--- title: They struggled for a long time, till at last Sigurd grew faint; so s… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They struggled for a long time, till at last Sigurd grew faint; so she handed him a horn to drink from, and when he had drunk he became so strong that he threw her down with one hand. Who acts: rings, giantess, Sigurd. 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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 (rings, giantess, Sigurd), 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:pg2435:33:66 # text = They struggled for a long time, till at last Sigurd grew faint; so she handed him a horn to drink from, and when he had drunk he became so strong that he threw her down with one hand. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 struggled struggle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 12 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **struggle** | past | rings *= ring* | | | | time | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grow** | past | rings *= ring* *not said here* | | | last Sigurd | | faint *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sigurd=Location | | 3 | **hand** | past | giantess | a horn | Sigurd | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination horn=Theme | | 4 | **drink** | to-infinitive | giantess *not said here* | a horn *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **drink** | past · perfect | Sigurd | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **become** | past | Sigurd | | | | | strong *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **throw down** | past | Sigurd | giantess | | | | with one hand | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/67/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)