--- title: The Bull gored the Troll’s eyes out and ran his horns right through… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Bull gored the Troll’s eyes out and ran his horns right through him, but the Troll fought as well as he did, and when the Bull had gored one head to death the other heads breathed life into it again, so it was a whole week before the Bull was able to kill him. 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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 (Bull, Troll, other heads, tussle), 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:pg540:29:81 # text = The Bull gored the Troll’s eyes out and ran his horns right through him, but the Troll fought as well as he did, and when the Bull had gored one head to death the other heads breathed life into it again, so it was a whole week before the Bull was able to kill him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Bull Bull PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gored gore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 right right ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 20 advmod _ _ 22 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 fixed _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 gored gore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 breathed breathe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ _ 52 before before SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 56 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 advcl _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gore** | past | the Bull | the Troll's eyes | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past | the Bull *not said here* | bull's horns | | | | through bull | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme horn=Trajectory | | 3 | **fight** | past | the Troll | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | past | bull | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **gore** | past · perfect · passive | | the Bull | | | | to death | tree rules | | 6 | **breathe** | past | the other heads | life | | tussle | again | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | tussle | a whole week | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | the Bull | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **kill** | to-infinitive | the Bull *not said here* | bull | | | | | 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 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/82/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/)