--- title: The prince became a Giant again, and asked Hadvor to cut the pieces… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince became a Giant again, and asked Hadvor to cut the pieces out of his legs for the dogs; but she refused until he told her that Hermod was in a desert island, which she could not reach unless she took the skin off the soles of his feet and made shoes out of that; with these shoes she could --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/59/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/) / 59 # The Yellow Fairy Book, Hermod and Hadvor (32), sentence 59 The prince became a Giant again, and asked Hadvor to cut the pieces out of his legs for the dogs; but she refused until he told her that Hermod was in a desert island, which she could not reach unless she took the skin off the soles of his feet and made shoes out of that; with these shoes she could travel both on land and sea. **Who acts:** prince, Hadvor, Hermod · **What happens:** become, ask, cut, refuse, tell, be · **To what, where:** Hadvor, pieces, legs, desert island, skin, soles · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Hermod and Hadvor (32). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, Hadvor, Hermod), 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:pg640:49:59 # text = The prince became a Giant again, and asked Hadvor to cut the pieces out of his legs for the dogs; but she refused until he told her that Hermod was in a desert island, which she could not reach unless she took the skin off the soles of his feet and made shoes out of that; with these shoes she could travel both on land and sea. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 Hadvor Hadvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 iobj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 out out ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 until until SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 Hermod Hermod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 43 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 off off ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 soles sole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 56 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 57 out out ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 63 det _ _ 63 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 67 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 66 obj _ _ 68 on on ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the prince | | | | | giant *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the prince *not said here* | | Hadvor | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent hadvor=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **cut** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the pieces | | prince's legs | | for the dogs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent piece=Product for dog=Beneficiary | | 4 | **refuse** | past | Hadvor | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | prince | | Hadvor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | Hermod | | | a desert island | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **reach** | could | Hadvor | a desert island | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Hadvor | the skin | | the soles of Hermod's feet | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent skin=Theme off sole=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **make** | past | Hadvor *not said here* | shoes | | that | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shoe=Product | | 10 | **travel** | could | Hadvor | both | | land and sea | | with this shoes | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme both=Trajectory | 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/pg640/49/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/60/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)