--- title: When he had done that, he went back again into the room in which the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had done that, he went back again into the room in which the giant had given him leave to stay, and there he walked backward and forward on the floor, and began to hum and sing. Who acts: giant. 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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), 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:pg503:17:35 # text = When he had done that, he went back again into the room in which the giant had given him leave to stay, and there he walked backward and forward on the floor, and began to hum and sing. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 29 backward backward ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 forward forward ADV RB _ 29 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 hum hum VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | giant | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 2 | **go back** | past | giant | | | the room | again | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the giant | Prince | the room | | | tree rules | | 4 | **leave** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stay** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **walk** | past | giant | | | the floor; there | | backward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Trajectory | | 7 | **begin** | past | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **hum** | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location | | 9 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/36/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)