--- title: ‘I smell a stranger,’ cried the giant, as he entered; but it was dar… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I smell a stranger,’ cried the giant, as he entered; but it was dark inside the chasm, and he did not see the king, who was crouching down between the feet of the horses. Who acts: I, rock, stranger, king. 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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 (I, rock, stranger, king), 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:pg3454:9:103 # text = ‘I smell a stranger,’ cried the giant, as he entered; but it was dark inside the chasm, and he did not see the king, who was crouching down between the feet of the horses. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smell smell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 20 inside inside ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 chasm chasm NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 crouching crouch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 between between ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | present | I | a stranger | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | the giant | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Topic | | 3 | **enter** | past | rock | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | stranger | | | the chasm | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | rock | the king | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | | 6 | **crouch down** | past · progressive | the king | | | the feet of the horses | | down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between foot=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/104/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/)