--- title: When she set it down before him he swore it smelled like swine’s fle… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she set it down before him he swore it smelled like swine’s flesh, but knowing where to find the finger, she immediately turned it up, which fairly convinced him of the contrary. Who acts: woman, giant. 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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 (woman, giant), 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:pg540:8:124 # text = When she set it down before him he swore it smelled like swine’s flesh, but knowing where to find the finger, she immediately turned it up, which fairly convinced him of the contrary. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 smelled smell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 xcomp _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 swine swine NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 convinced convince VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set down** | past | woman | advice | | | before giant | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme before he=Destination | | 2 | **swear** | past | giant | advice | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **smell** | participle | giant *not said here* | | | | | like swine's flesh | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** | gerund | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | | the finger | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Topic | | 6 | **turn up** | past | woman | advice | | | | immediately *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 7 | **convince** | past | | giant | | | | of the contrary; fairly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/125/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)