--- title: Next day she told Gunnar, her husband, that he was a coward and a li… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next day she told Gunnar, her husband, that he was a coward and a liar, for he had never ridden the flame, but had sent Sigurd to do it for him, and pretended that he had done it himself. Who acts: Brynhild, Gunnar. 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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 (Brynhild, Gunnar), 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:pg540:51:128 # text = Next day she told Gunnar, her husband, that he was a coward and a liar, for he had never ridden the flame, but had sent Sigurd to do it for him, and pretended that he had done it himself. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Gunnar Gunnar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 coward coward NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 liar liar NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 30 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 ccomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Brynhild | | Gunnar | | day | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gunnar=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | Gunnar | a coward and a liar | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **ride** | past · perfect | Gunnar | the flame | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past · perfect | | Sigurd | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigurd=Theme | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | | flame | | | | for Sigurd | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 6 | **pretend** | past | Brynhild *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | past · perfect | Gunnar | flame | | | | Sigurd *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/129/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Sigurd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/)