--- title: The giant, thereupon, carried the man to within about a hundred leag… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The giant, thereupon, carried the man to within about a hundred leagues of the castle, where he left him, saying, ‘You will be able to walk the remainder of the way yourself.’ Who acts: castle, You. 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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 (castle, You), 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:pg2591:47:68 # text = The giant, thereupon, carried the man to within about a hundred leagues of the castle, where he left him, saying, ‘You will be able to walk the remainder of the way yourself.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 within within ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 about about ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ‘ SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 27 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 remainder remainder NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | | the man | | | | within hundred leagues of the castle; thereupon *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | castle | man | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | future | You | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **walk** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | the remainder of the way | | | | yourself *obl:unmarked* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme remainder=Trajectory | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/69/) - ↑ back to [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/)