--- title: So the maiden departed and climbed up the mountain, but before she r… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the maiden departed and climbed up the mountain, but before she reached the top the giant heard her footsteps, and rushed out breathing fire and flame, having a sword in one hand and a club in the other. Who acts: maiden, girl, 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 (maiden, girl, 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:pg5615:21:75 # text = So the maiden departed and climbed up the mountain, but before she reached the top the giant heard her footsteps, and rushed out breathing fire and flame, having a sword in one hand and a club in the other. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 parataxis _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 breathing breathe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 27 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | past | the maiden | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **climb up** | past | the maiden *not said here* | the mountain | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location mountain=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | past | girl | the top | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | past | the giant | girl's footsteps | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer footstep=Stimulus | | 5 | **rush out** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **breathe** | gerund | | fire and flame | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | | 7 | **have** | gerund | | a sword | | one hand and a club in the other | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/76/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/)