--- title: Then the hero flung his iron hammer at Chi- idea-moto, and, striking… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the hero flung his iron hammer at Chi- idea-moto, and, striking him, it knocked him helpless; so Makoma placed him in the sack, Woro-nowu, with the other great men that he had overcome. Who acts: hero, hammer, Makoma. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 1, with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/90/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/) / 90 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 1, sentence 90 Then the hero flung his iron hammer at Chi- idea-moto, and, striking him, it knocked him helpless; so Makoma placed him in the sack, Woro-nowu, with the other great men that he had overcome. **Who acts:** hero, hammer, Makoma · **What happens:** fling, strike, knock, place, overcome · **To what, where:** iron hammer, Chi idea moto, hero, sack, other great men 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 (hero, hammer, Makoma), 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:pg3027:1:90 # text = Then the hero flung his iron hammer at Chi- idea-moto, and, striking him, it knocked him helpless; so Makoma placed him in the sack, Woro-nowu, with the other great men that he had overcome. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 Chi Chi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 11 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 moto moto NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 helpless helpless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 Makoma Makoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Woro Woro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 nowu nowu X FW Foreign=Yes 33 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fling** | past | the hero | hero's iron hammer | | Chi idea moto | then | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme at moto=Destination | | 2 | **strike** | gerund | the hero *not said here* | hero | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 3 | **knock** | past | hammer | hero | | | | helpless *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **place** | past | Makoma | hero | | the sack | | with the other great men | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sack=Destination | | 5 | **overcome** | past · perfect | hero | the other great men *not said here* | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot man=Theme | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/91/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/1/)