--- title: When I heard him snoring, as I was I went up and caused the woman to… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When I heard him snoring, as I was I went up and caused the woman to bind my wound with a handkerchief; and, taking the giant’s spit, reddened it in the fire, and ran it through the eye, but was not able to kill him. Who acts: I, fear, woman, my. 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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 (I, fear, woman, my), 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:pg540:8:129 # text = When I heard him snoring, as I was I went up and caused the woman to bind my wound with a handkerchief; and, taking the giant’s spit, reddened it in the fire, and ran it through the eye, but was not able to kill him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 snoring snore VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 bind bind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 spit spit NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 reddened redden VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | I | fear | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **snore** | gerund | fear *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | I | | | | | go *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **cause** | past | I *not said here* | the woman | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bind** | to-infinitive | the woman *not said here* | my wound | | | | with a handkerchief | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient with handkerchief=Co-Patient | | 6 | **take** | gerund | I *not said here* | the giant's spit | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spit=Theme | | 7 | **redden** | past | I *not said here* | spit | | the fire | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **run** | past | I *not said here* | spit | | the eye | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme through eye=Trajectory | | 9 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | fear | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 11 | **wound** | | my | | | | | | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/130/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)