--- title: When he heard that Owen felt shame that he could not overcome the gi… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he heard that Owen felt shame that he could not overcome the giant with his own sword, so he took the lion and shut him up in one of the towers of the castle, and returned to the fight. Who acts: giant, Owen. 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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, Owen), 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:pg3454:32:6 # text = When he heard that Owen felt shame that he could not overcome the giant with his own sword, so he took the lion and shut him up in one of the towers of the castle, and returned to the fight. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Owen Owen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 overcome overcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | giant | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **feel** | past | Owen | shame | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shame=Theme | | 3 | **not** **overcome** | could | giant | the giant | | | | with giant's own sword | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot giant=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | giant | | the lion | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument lion=Destination | | 5 | **shut up** | infinitive | giant *not said here* | giant | | | | in one of the towers of the castle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **return** | past | giant *not said here* | | | | | to the fight *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to fight=Result | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/7/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/)