--- title: In a certain wood of his kingdom there dwelled two giants who did mu… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In a certain wood of his kingdom there dwelled two giants who did much harm; by the way they robbed, murdered, burned, and plundered everything about them; “no one could approach them without endangering his life. Who acts: two giants, people, one. 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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 (two giants, people, one), 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:pg503:42:83 # text = In a certain wood of his kingdom there dwelled two giants who did much harm; by the way they robbed, murdered, burned, and plundered everything about them; “no one could approach them without endangering his life. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 dwelled dwelle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 robbed rob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 murdered murder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 plundered plunder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 obj _ _ 30 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 without without SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 endangering endanger VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwelle** | past | | two giants | | a certain wood of King's kingdom; there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | two giants | much harm | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality | | 3 | **rob** | past | people | | | | | by the way | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **murder** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **burn** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **plunder** | past | people *not said here* | everything | | | | about people | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Source | | 7 | **approach** *in a quote* | could | no one | people | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 8 | **endanger** *in a quote* | gerund | no one *not said here* | King's life | | | | | tree rules | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/84/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)