--- title: He struck him so hard a blow that the giant shrank into quite a litt… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He struck him so hard a blow that the giant shrank into quite a little man, who fell upon his knees saying: 'You are indeed greater than I, O Makoma; take me with you to be your slave!' Who acts: Makoma, giant, little man, knees. 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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 (Makoma, giant, little man, knees), 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:pg3027:1:61 # text = He struck him so hard a blow that the giant shrank into quite a little man, who fell upon his knees saying: 'You are indeed greater than I, O Makoma; take me with you to be your slave!' 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 shrank shrink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 ccomp _ _ 30 than than ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 O O PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Makoma Makoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | Makoma | Greater *= great* | | | | hard *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient blow=Result | | 2 | **shrink** | past | the giant | a blow *not said here* | | | | into quite little man *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent blow=Patient into man=Result | | 3 | **fall** | past | quite little man | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Makoma's knees | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | You | | | | | than O Makoma; great, indeed *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | | | me | | | with you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | your slave | | | | | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/)