--- title: Of course they did not dare to approach it openly, for the Stalos ha… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Of course they did not dare to approach it openly, for the Stalos had the strength of giants, and besides, there were three of them; so the two Sodnos climbed into a big bushy tree which overhung a well. Who acts: sheds, Stalos, three, two Sodnos. 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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 (sheds, Stalos, three, two Sodnos), 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:pg3027:35:109 # text = Of course they did not dare to approach it openly, for the Stalos had the strength of giants, and besides, there were three of them; so the two Sodnos climbed into a big bushy tree which overhung a well. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 openly openly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Stalos Stalos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 besides besides INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 26 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 Sodnos Sodnos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 bushy bushy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 overhung overhang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dare** | past · do-support | sheds *= shed* | | | | | of course | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **approach** | to-infinitive | sheds *= shed* *not said here* | course | | | | openly *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | the Stalos | the strength of giants | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 4 | **be** | past | three of sheds | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **climb** | past | the two Sodnos | | | a big bushy tree | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Destination | | 6 | **overhang** | past | a big bushy tree | | | | | well *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/110/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/)