--- title: Then Taram-taq sent for a giant negro named Chil-maq, who in the day… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Taram-taq sent for a giant negro named Chil-maq, who in the day of battle was worth three hundred, and said to him: “I shall thank you to fetch me that man.” Who acts: giant negro, Chil maq, Taram taq. 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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 negro, Chil maq, Taram taq), 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:pg3282:4:33 # text = Then Taram-taq sent for a giant negro named Chil-maq, who in the day of battle was worth three hundred, and said to him: “I shall thank you to fetch me that man.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 Taram Taram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 taq taq NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 negro negro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 Chil Chil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 maq maq NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 compound _ _ 24 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | participle | | Taram taq *not said here* | | | | for a giant negro | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **name** | participle | a giant negro *not said here* | Chil maq | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maq=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Chil maq | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Taram taq | | negro | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | shall | Taram taq *= taq* | | negro | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **fetch** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Taram taq *= taq* *not said here* | that man | Taram taq *= taq* | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary man=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/34/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/)