--- title: To his dismay and astonishment he found a Giant lying at the entranc… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To his dismay and astonishment he found a Giant lying at the entrance of the wood; he was about to run off as fast as his legs could carry him, when the Giant called out: ‘Don’t be afraid, I won’t harm you. Who acts: BOY, legs, I. 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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 (BOY, legs, I), 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:pg640:15:59 # text = To his dismay and astonishment he found a Giant lying at the entrance of the wood; he was about to run off as fast as his legs could carry him, when the Giant called out: ‘Don’t be afraid, I won’t harm you. 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 dismay dismay NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 lying lying NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 36 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 41 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 47 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 harm harm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | BOY | a Giant lying | | the entrance of the wood | | to BOY's dismay and astonishment | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent lying=Theme at entrance=Asset | | 2 | **is** | past | BOY | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **run off** | to-infinitive | BOY *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | could | BOY's legs | BOY | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | BOY *not said here* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is** | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **harm** | future | I | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 8 | **dismay** | | BOY | | | | | | nom dismay «feeling 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/60/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/)