--- title: On reaching the mainland the Giant took a friendly farewell of Ring,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On reaching the mainland the Giant took a friendly farewell of Ring, and told him he might take possession of all that was in the island after he and his wife died, which would happen within two weeks from that time. Who acts: Giant, that. 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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 (Giant, that), 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:pg640:42:44 # text = On reaching the mainland the Giant took a friendly farewell of Ring, and told him he might take possession of all that was in the island after he and his wife died, which would happen within two weeks from that time. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 reaching reach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mainland mainland NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 farewell farewell NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 20 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 nmod _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 parataxis _ _ 28 after after SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 happen happen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 38 within within ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | gerund | | the mainland | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent mainland=Beneficiary giant=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | | a friendly farewell of Ring | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farewell=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | Giant | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** | might | Giant | possession of all | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | that | | | the island | | | tree rules | | 6 | **die** | past | Giant | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **happen** | would | | | | | time; week | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/45/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)