--- title: In front of the entrance was a sort of tent supported on poles, and… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In front of the entrance was a sort of tent supported on poles, and under it the giant was sitting, basking in the sun. As soon as he noticed the colt bearing Peronnik and the lady, he lifted his head, and cried in a voice of thunder: Who acts: giant, colt. 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As soon as he noticed the colt bearing Peronnik and the lady, he lifted his head, and cried in a voice of thunder: **Who acts:** giant, colt · **What happens:** be, support, sit, bask, notice, bear · **To what, where:** sort, front, tent, poles, sun., colt This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (giant, colt), 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:pg3454:27:91 # text = In front of the entrance was a sort of tent supported on poles, and under it the giant was sitting, basking in the sun. As soon as he noticed the colt bearing Peronnik and the lady, he lifted his head, and cried in a voice of thunder: 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 supported support VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 under under ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 basking bask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 As as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 Peronnik Peronnik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | a sort | | front of the entrance | | of tent | tree rules | | 2 | **support** | participle | | tent *not said here* | | poles | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **sit** | past · progressive | the giant | a sort *not said here* | | tent | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent sort=Theme under it=Location | | 4 | **bask** | gerund | the giant *not said here* | | | the sun. | | soon *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **notice** | past | giant | the colt | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer colt=Stimulus | | 6 | **bear** | gerund | the colt *not said here* | Peronnik and the lady | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peronnik=Patient | | 7 | **lift** | past | giant | giant's head | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | giant *not said here* | | | a voice of thunder | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/92/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)