--- title: He was astonished at their size, for every one was full grown and la… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was astonished at their size, for every one was full grown and larger than any trees he had ever seen, and close by he saw Chi-gwisa-miti, the giant who was planting the forest. Who acts: size, Chi, gwisa miti. 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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 (size, Chi, gwisa miti), 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:pg3027:1:76 # text = He was astonished at their size, for every one was full grown and larger than any trees he had ever seen, and close by he saw Chi-gwisa-miti, the giant who was planting the forest. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 conj _ _ 16 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 22 advmod _ _ 22 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 26 by by SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 Chi Chi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 gwisa gwisa NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 miti miti NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 planting plant VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | size | | | ways's size | | astonished *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | past · passive | | every one | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | size | any trees *not said here* | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | | size *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | past | size | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **miti** | | Chi | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **plant** | past · progressive | gwisa miti | the forest | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Patient | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/)