--- title: And when he began to climb there burst forth all around him a storm… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when he began to climb there burst forth all around him a storm of scoffs and jeers; but he thought of the giant’s words, and looked neither to the right hand nor to the left, till the mountain top lay straight before him. Who acts: man, mountain top, scoffs, 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 (man, mountain top, scoffs, 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:pg5615:20:100 # text = And when he began to climb there burst forth all around him a storm of scoffs and jeers; but he thought of the giant’s words, and looked neither to the right hand nor to the left, till the mountain top lay straight before him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 burst burst VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ _ 9 forth forth ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 around around ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 scoffs scoff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 jeers jeer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 31 neither neither ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 till till SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 46 straight straight ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 before before ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | man | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **climb** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | there | | | tree rules | | 3 | **burst** | participle | man *not said here* | | | | | around man; forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around he=Location | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | | of the giant's words | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **look** | past | | | | | | to the right hand nor the left; neither *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to hand=Theme | | 6 | **lie** | past | the mountain top | | | | before man | straight *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 7 | **storm** | | scoffs and jeers | | | | | | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **word** | | the giant | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/101/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)