--- title: “Now you shall kill him, and boil him in the great big cauldron you… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now you shall kill him, and boil him in the great big cauldron you know of, and when you have got the broth ready give me a call,” said the giant; then he lay down on the bench to sleep, and almost immediately began to snore so that it sounded like thunder among the hills. 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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 (you, giant, call), 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:pg503:17:100 # text = “Now you shall kill him, and boil him in the great big cauldron you know of, and when you have got the broth ready give me a call,” said the giant; then he lay down on the bench to sleep, and almost immediately began to snore so that it sounded like thunder among the hills. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 boil boil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 cauldron cauldron NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 csubj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 broth broth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 41 down down ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 almost almost ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 snore snore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 57 mark _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 ccomp _ _ 58 like like ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 60 among among ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** *in a quote* | shall | you | giant | | | now | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **boil** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | giant | | | | in the great big cauldron | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient in cauldron=Instrument | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | the great big cauldron *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cauldron=Stimulus | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | the broth | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer broth=Stimulus | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a call | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient call=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the giant | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lie down** | past | giant | | | the bench | then | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location | | 8 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **begin** | past | giant *not said here* | | | | | immediately *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **snore** | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **sound** | past | call | | | the hills | | like thunder | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among hill=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/101/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)