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title: This he agreed to, but put on her this iron belt and chain, the othe… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: This he agreed to, but put on her this iron belt and chain, the other end of which he fastened round his own waist, and the great noises that were heard when the King cut the chain must have been caused by the Giant’s falling down the underground passage when the chain gave way so suddenly. Who acts
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch in the Stone Boat(31), sentence 60

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This he agreed to, but put on her this iron belt and chain, the other end of which he fastened round his own waist, and the great noises that were heard when the King cut the chain must have been caused by the Giant’s falling down the underground passage when the chain gave way so suddenly.

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**Who acts:** This, shaking, King, Giant, chain · **What happens:** agree, put, fasten, hear, cut, cause · **To what, where:** iron belt, great noises, chain, underground passage, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch in the Stone Boat(31). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, shaking, King, Giant), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:47:60
# text = This he agreed to, but put on her this iron belt and chain, the other end of which he fastened round his own waist, and the great noises that were heard when the King cut the chain must have been caused by the Giant’s falling down the underground passage when the chain gave way so suddenly.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
11	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obl	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
23	round	round	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	noises	noise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	acl	_	_
35	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	38	advmod	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
38	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	ccomp	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
42	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	aux	_	_
43	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	44	aux:pass	_	_
44	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
45	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	’s	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	44	advcl	_	_
50	down	down	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	underground	underground	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
54	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	57	advmod	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
57	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	acl:relcl	_	_
58	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
59	so	so	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	_
60	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | This |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | Witch's iron belt and chain and the other end |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on belt=Destination |
| 3 | **fasten** | past | shaking |  |  |  | of the other end | round shaking's own waist | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hear** | past · passive |  | the great noises |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **cut** | past | the King | the chain |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Product |
| 6 | **cause** | must · perfect · passive |  | the great noises |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 7 | **fall down** | present · progressive | the Giant | the underground passage |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient passage=Result |
| 8 | **give** | past | the chain | way |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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