--- title: ‘There are other things easier than that,’ said she, ‘for the Giant… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘There are other things easier than that,’ said she, ‘for the Giant that was buried will be waiting for you, and will attack you on the way, as he has turned himself into a big whale. Who acts: Hadvor, Hermod. 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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 (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:pg640:49:83 # text = ‘There are other things easier than that,’ said she, ‘for the Giant that was buried will be waiting for you, and will attack you on the way, as he has turned himself into a big whale. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 6 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 ccomp _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 aux _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 attack attack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | than that; easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hadvor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bury** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **wait** | future · progressive | | | | | | for you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **attack** | future | Hadvor *not said here* | you | | the way | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 6 | **turn** | present · perfect | Hermod | Hermod | | | | into a big whale *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Theme into whale=Result | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/84/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)