--- title: “Well, then,” said his Majesty, “this is what I want you to do: In t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, then,” said his Majesty, “this is what I want you to do: In the north-east part of my kingdom there dwells a giant, who has an iron staff twenty yards long, and he is so quick in using it, that even fifty knights have no chance against him. Who acts: Majesty, this, you, east part. 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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 (Majesty, this, you, east part), 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:pg3282:12:109 # text = “Well, then,” said his Majesty, “this is what I want you to do: In the north-east part of my kingdom there dwells a giant, who has an iron staff twenty yards long, and he is so quick in using it, that even fifty knights have no chance against him. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 ccomp _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 In in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 23 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 east east ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 31 dwells dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 parataxis _ _ 49 in in SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 even even ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 57 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 58 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 59 det _ _ 59 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 against against ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king's Majesty | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present | king's Majesty *= majesty* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **dwell** *in a quote* | present | the east part of my kingdom | | | | | giant *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | a iron staff | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | part | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **use** *in a quote* | gerund | part *not said here* | staff | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | present | fifty knights | no chance | | | | against king | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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/pg3282/12/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/110/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/)