--- title: ‘Give me the sword to look at,’ said the Gruagach, peering forward;… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Give me the sword to look at,’ said the Gruagach, peering forward; but like a flash the king had drawn it from under his nose and pierced the mole, so that the Gruagach rolled over on the ground. Who acts: Gruagach, 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 (Gruagach, 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:pg3454:9:62 # text = ‘Give me the sword to look at,’ said the Gruagach, peering forward; but like a flash the king had drawn it from under his nose and pierced the mole, so that the Gruagach rolled over on the ground. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 peering peer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 16 forward forward ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 under under ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 pierced pierce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 41 over over ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | infinitive | | the sword | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient sword=Theme | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Gruagach | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **peer** | gerund | the Gruagach *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **draw** | past · perfect | the king | Sword | | king's nose | | like a flash | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from nose=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **pierce** | past | the king *not said here* | the mole | | | | | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient | | 7 | **roll over** | past | the Gruagach | | | the ground | | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Trajectory | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/63/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/)