--- title: On the third morning Sigurd once more laid down his ball, and it rol… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On the third morning Sigurd once more laid down his ball, and it rolled far away, till at last it stopped under a very high rock indeed, over the top of which the most hideous giantess that ever was seen looked down. Who acts: Sigurd, ball, hideous giantess. 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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, ball, hideous giantess), 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:pg2435:33:67 # text = On the third morning Sigurd once more laid down his ball, and it rolled far away, till at last it stopped under a very high rock indeed, over the top of which the most hideous giantess that ever was seen looked down. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 7 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 8 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 16 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 till till SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 38 advmod _ _ 38 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ _ 45 down down ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay down** | participle | Sigurd | Sigurd's ball | | | morning | once *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Result | | 2 | **roll** | past | ball | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | past | ball | | | last | | under a high rock; over the top of the hideous giantess; indeed *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location | | 4 | **see** | past · passive | | the hideous giantess | | | ever | | tree rules | | 5 | **look down** | participle | the hideous giantess *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/68/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/33/)