--- title: Frisk tried to encourage him by saying: “While you are fighting the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Frisk tried to encourage him by saying: “While you are fighting the giant, dear master, I will go and bite his heels, and when he stoops down to look at me you can kill him.” Who acts: Frisk, you. 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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 (Frisk, you), 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:pg503:28:121 # text = Frisk tried to encourage him by saying: “While you are fighting the giant, dear master, I will go and bite his heels, and when he stoops down to look at me you can kill him.” 1 Frisk frisk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 encourage encourage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 While while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 stoops stoop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 down down ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | Frisk | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **encourage** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Frisk *not said here* | Frisk | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Frisk *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fight** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | the giant dear master | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Co-Agent | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | future | Frisk | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bite** *in a quote* | infinitive | Frisk *not said here* | Frisk's heels | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heel=Patient | | 7 | **stoop down** *in a quote* | present | Frisk | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Frisk *not said here* | | | | | at Frisk | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme | | 9 | **kill** *in a quote* | can | you | Frisk | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/122/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)