--- title: ‘I have two hours to spare,’ said the giant, ‘and I will carry you i… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I have two hours to spare,’ said the giant, ‘and I will carry you into the neighbourhood of the castle; I must then return to look after the child who is in our care.’ Who acts: I, child. 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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 (I, child), 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:pg2591:47:67 # text = ‘I have two hours to spare,’ said the giant, ‘and I will carry you into the neighbourhood of the castle; I must then return to look after the child who is in our care.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | | | | hour | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **spare** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **carry** | future | I | you | | the neighbourhood of the castle | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **return** | must | I | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | after the child | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | present | the child | | | our care | | | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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/pg2591/47/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/68/) - ↑ back to [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/)