--- title: Now the giant whom the invisible had so rashly attacked was the Lord… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the giant whom the invisible had so rashly attacked was the Lord of the Sea, and the third son of the Queen of the Elements, and he had touched the youth with a magic ring which enabled a mortal to live under water. Who acts: invisible, Prince, magic ring, mortal. 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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 (invisible, Prince, magic ring, mortal), 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:pg640:17:22 # text = Now the giant whom the invisible had so rashly attacked was the Lord of the Sea, and the third son of the Queen of the Elements, and he had touched the youth with a magic ring which enabled a mortal to live under water. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 rashly rashly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 attacked attack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Elements Element PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 enabled enable VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 45 under under ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the invisible | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **attack** | participle | the invisible *not said here* | | | | | rashly *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the Lord | | | | of the Sea | tree rules | | 4 | **touch** | past · perfect | Prince | the youth | | | | with a magic ring | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent youth=Experiencer with ring=Instrument | | 5 | **enable** | past | a magic ring | a mortal | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **live** | to-infinitive | a mortal *not said here* | | | water | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under water=Location | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/23/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)