--- title: And they threw their arms round each other, and the giant forced Ian… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And they threw their arms round each other, and the giant forced Ian on to his knees; but in a moment he was up again, and crooking his leg round the shoulders of the giant, he threw him heavily to the ground. ' Who acts: brothers, Ian. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/52/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/) / 52 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 5, sentence 52 And they threw their arms round each other, and the giant forced Ian on to his knees; but in a moment he was up again, and crooking his leg round the shoulders of the giant, he threw him heavily to the ground. ' **Who acts:** brothers, Ian · **What happens:** throw, force, be, crook · **To what, where:** arms, giant, knees, leg, ground This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, Ian), 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:pg3027:5:52 # text = And they threw their arms round each other, and the giant forced Ian on to his knees; but in a moment he was up again, and crooking his leg round the shoulders of the giant, he threw him heavily to the ground. ' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obj _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 14 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 crooking crook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 round round ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 heavily heavily ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | brothers *= brother* | brothers's arms | | | | round *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent arm=Destination each=Theme | | 2 | **force** | participle · passive | | the giant | | Ian's knees | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | Ian | | | | moment | again *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **crook** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | Ian's leg | | | | round the shoulders of the giant | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | | 5 | **throw** | past | Ian | giant | | the ground | | heavily *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme to ground=Destination | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/5/)