--- title: From afar the giant beheld the blaze of the White Sword of Light, an… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: From afar the giant beheld the blaze of the White Sword of Light, and his heart rejoiced; and he took the blue falcon and put it in a basket, and gave it to Ian Direach, who bore it swiftly away to the place where the princess, and the bay colt, and the real Sword of Light were awaiting him. 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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 (giant, heart, Light, bay colt), 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:pg3027:8:44 # text = From afar the giant beheld the blaze of the White Sword of Light, and his heart rejoiced; and he took the blue falcon and put it in a basket, and gave it to Ian Direach, who bore it swiftly away to the place where the princess, and the bay colt, and the real Sword of Light were awaiting him. 1 From from ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 afar afar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 blaze blaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Sword Sword PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Light Light PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 Direach Direach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 bay bay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 Sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 63 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 awaiting await VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 65 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | the giant | the blaze of the White Sword of Light | | afar | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blaze=Stimulus | | 2 | **rejoice** | past | Light's heart | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **take** | past | Light | | the blue falcon | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument falcon=Destination | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | Light *not said here* | giant | | a basket | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in basket=Destination | | 5 | **give** | past | Light *not said here* | giant | Ian | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to ian=Recipient | | 6 | **bear** | past | | giant | | | | to the place the princess; away *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **await** | past · progressive | the bay colt and the real Sword of Light | falcon | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **blaze** | | the White Sword of Light | | | | | | nom blaze «process intransitive»: of=agent | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/)