--- title: “Ods splutter hur nails!” cried the Welsh giant, who was ashamed to… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Ods splutter hur nails!” cried the Welsh giant, who was ashamed to be outdone by such a little fellow as Jack, “hur can do that hurself”; so he snatched up the knife, plunged it into his own stomach, and in a moment dropped down dead. Who acts: Ods, Welsh giant, little fellow, hur. 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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 (Ods, Welsh giant, little fellow, hur), 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:pg503:54:46 # text = “Ods splutter hur nails!” cried the Welsh giant, who was ashamed to be outdone by such a little fellow as Jack, “hur can do that hurself”; so he snatched up the knife, plunged it into his own stomach, and in a moment dropped down dead. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ods od NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 splutter splutter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 4 hur hur X FW Foreign=Yes 5 nmod _ _ 5 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Welsh welsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 outdone outdo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 23 det:predet _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 hur hur NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obj _ _ 32 hurself hurself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 snatched snatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 plunged plunge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 53 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl _ _ 54 down down ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **splutter** *in a quote* | present | Ods | nails hur | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Topic | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Welsh giant | | | | moment | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | the Welsh giant | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **outdo** | to-infinitive · passive | such little fellow as Jack | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | can | hur | that | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **snatch up** | past | hur | the knife | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 7 | **plunge** | past | the Welsh giant *not said here* | knife | | hur's own stomach | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 8 | **drop down** | participle | | a moment *not said here* | | | | dead *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/47/) - ↑ back to [The History of Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/)