--- title: Just as he got to the place where the King’s daughter was sitting, t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Just as he got to the place where the King’s daughter was sitting, the Troll came rushing up with a great whistling and whirring, and he was so big and stout that he was terrible to see, and he had five heads. Who acts: Minnikin, daughter, Troll. 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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 (Minnikin, daughter, Troll), 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:pg540:45:16 # text = Just as he got to the place where the King’s daughter was sitting, the Troll came rushing up with a great whistling and whirring, and he was so big and stout that he was terrible to see, and he had five heads. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 whistling whistling NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 whirring whirring NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 stout stout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 45 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Minnikin | | | | | to the place *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | | 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | the King's daughter | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | the Troll | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rush up** | gerund | the Troll *not said here* | | | | | with a great whistling and whirring | vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with whistling=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** | past | Minnikin | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **stout** | past | Minnikin *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Minnikin | | | | | terrible *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | to-infinitive | Minnikin *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **have** | past | Minnikin | five heads | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/17/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)