--- title: Now when she heard how the two young men had slain the giant, her he… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now when she heard how the two young men had slain the giant, her heart was filled with admiration of their courage, and she declared that if a feast was held she would certainly be present at it. Who acts: queen, two young men. 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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 (queen, two young men), 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:pg3282:13:12 # text = Now when she heard how the two young men had slain the giant, her heart was filled with admiration of their courage, and she declared that if a feast was held she would certainly be present at it. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | queen | | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **slay** | past · perfect | the two young men | the giant | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient | | 3 | **fill** | past · passive | | queen's heart | | | | with admiration of men's courage | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with admiration=Instrument | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | queen | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **hold** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | a feast | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is** | would | queen | | | courage | | certainly, present *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **admire** | | | men's courage | | | | | nom admiration «feeling transitive»: of=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/13/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/)