--- title: ‘That’s a good boy,’ said the Giantess, nodding her head; ‘it is luc… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘That’s a good boy,’ said the Giantess, nodding her head; ‘it is lucky for you that you did not scream out when you saw me, as the other boys who have been here did, for if you had done so my husband would have awakened and have eaten you, as he did them, for breakfast. 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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 (That, good boy, head, 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:pg540:16:59 # text = ‘That’s a good boy,’ said the Giantess, nodding her head; ‘it is lucky for you that you did not scream out when you saw me, as the other boys who have been here did, for if you had done so my husband would have awakened and have eaten you, as he did them, for breakfast. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Giantess Giantess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 nodding nod VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 scream scream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 parataxis _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 42 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 conj _ _ 49 so so SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux _ _ 54 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 advcl _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 conj _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 63 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | a good boy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a good boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **nod** | gerund | a good boy *not said here* | giantess's head | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | head | | | | | for you; lucky *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **scream out** *speech: express* | past · do-support | you | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | past | you | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | present · perfect | the other boys | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **awaken** | would · perfect · passive | | my husband | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **eat** | present · perfect | | you | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 12 | **do** | past | boy | husband | | | | for breakfast | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/16/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/16/60/) - ↑ back to [Wonderful Growth of the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/16/)