--- title: ‘In shape he is a man, but in stature he is a giant,’ replied the ea… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘In shape he is a man, but in stature he is a giant,’ replied the earl, ‘and it were better by far that he should slay my sons than that I should give up my daughter.’ Who acts: he, man, I. 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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 (he, man, I), 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:pg3454:32:1 # text = ‘In shape he is a man, but in stature he is a giant,’ replied the earl, ‘and it were better by far that he should slay my sons than that I should give up my daughter.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 stature stature NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 18 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 earl earl NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 expl _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 parataxis _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 obl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 than than ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 obl _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | he | a man | | shape | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | man | | | stature | | giant *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | a man | the earl | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent earl=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **slay** | should | man | my sons | | | | than that | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 6 | **give up** | should | I | my daughter | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Source | 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: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31, 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/110/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/2/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/)