--- title: Hearing the sound of footsteps, the giant got up and went to the ent… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Hearing the sound of footsteps, the giant got up and went to the entrance to see who was coming, and Rosald, expecting something of the sort, struck him such a blow on the forehead that he fell to the ground. Who acts: giant, Rosald. 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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, Rosald), 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:pg3282:12:124 # text = Hearing the sound of footsteps, the giant got up and went to the entrance to see who was coming, and Rosald, expecting something of the sort, struck him such a blow on the forehead that he fell to the ground. 1 Hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 Rosald Rosald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 26 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | the giant *not said here* | the sound of footsteps | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 2 | **get up** | past | the giant | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **go** | past | the giant *not said here* | | | the entrance | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to entrance=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | the giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **expect** | gerund | Rosald | something | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 7 | **strike** | past | the giant *not said here* | Rosald | | the forehead | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fall** | past | Rosald | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=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 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/125/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/)