--- title: So terrible was the stroke that Chi-gwisa- miti shrivelled up as the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So terrible was the stroke that Chi-gwisa- miti shrivelled up as the other giants had done; and when he had got back his breath he begged Makoma to take him as his servant. ' Who acts: stroke, terrible stroke. 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' **Who acts:** stroke, terrible stroke · **What happens:** be, shrivell up, do, get back, beg, take · **To what, where:** terrible stroke, gwisa miti, other giants, breath, Makoma This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stroke, terrible stroke), 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:pg3027:1:81 # text = So terrible was the stroke that Chi-gwisa- miti shrivelled up as the other giants had done; and when he had got back his breath he begged Makoma to take him as his servant. ' 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 Chi Chi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 gwisa gwisa NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 11 miti miti NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 shrivelled shrivell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 parataxis _ _ 26 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 Makoma Makoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the terrible stroke | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shrivell up** | participle | | gwisa miti *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | the other giants | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **get back** | past · perfect | stroke | stroke's breath | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breath=Stimulus | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the terrible stroke | | Makoma | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent makoma=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the terrible stroke *not said here* | Makoma | | | | as Makoma's servant | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as servant=Attribute | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/)