--- title: At these words the giants understood that their prize had escaped, a… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At these words the giants understood that their prize had escaped, and they ran after the fox as fast as their great legs could carry them, thinking that they should soon come up with the fox, who they supposed had the princess on his back. Who acts: giants, words, great legs, legs. 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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 (giants, words, great legs, legs), 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:pg3282:23:63 # text = At these words the giants understood that their prize had escaped, and they ran after the fox as fast as their great legs could carry them, thinking that they should soon come up with the fox, who they supposed had the princess on his back. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | past | the giants | | | this words | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **escape** | past · perfect · passive | | words's prize | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **run** | past | words *= word* | | | | after the fox | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | could | words's great legs | words *= word* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | words *= word* *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **come up** | should | legs *= leg* | | | | | with the fox; soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **suppose** | past | legs *= leg* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | past | the fox | the princess | | giant's back | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/64/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/)