--- title: She mixed serpent’s venom and wolf’s flesh, and gave them in one dis… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She mixed serpent’s venom and wolf’s flesh, and gave them in one dish to her husband’s younger brother, and when he had tasted them he was mad, and he went into Sigurd’s chamber while he slept and pinned him to the bed with a sword. Who acts: Brynhild, Sigurd. 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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, Sigurd), 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:pg540:51:140 # text = She mixed serpent’s venom and wolf’s flesh, and gave them in one dish to her husband’s younger brother, and when he had tasted them he was mad, and he went into Sigurd’s chamber while he slept and pinned him to the bed with a sword. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mixed mix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 venom venom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 amod _ _ 22 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 tasted taste VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 while while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 pinned pin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | past | Brynhild | serpent's venom and wolf's flesh | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Patient | | 2 | **give** | past | Brynhild *not said here* | | fires *= fire* | one dish | | to Brynhild's husband's younger brother | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to brother=Recipient | | 3 | **taste** | past · perfect | Sigurd | fires *= fire* | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme they=Attribute | | 4 | **is** | past | Sigurd | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past | Sigurd | | | Sigurd's chamber | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into chamber=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **sleep** | past | Sigurd | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pin** | past | Sigurd *not said here* | Sigurd | | | | to the bed; with a sword | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient to bed=Co-Patient with sword=Instrument | 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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/141/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Sigurd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/51/)