--- title: Petru tried this three times, and when he was satisfied that the gia… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Petru tried this three times, and when he was satisfied that the giant was really in his power he took out a handkerchief, bound the two little fingers of the giant together, drew his sword, and cried for the fourth time, ‘Wake up, my brave man.’ Who acts: Petru, giant. 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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 (Petru, giant), 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:pg641:21:108 # text = Petru tried this three times, and when he was satisfied that the giant was really in his power he took out a handkerchief, bound the two little fingers of the giant together, drew his sword, and cried for the fourth time, ‘Wake up, my brave man.’ 1 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 advcl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 bound bound ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nmod _ _ 34 together together ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 45 amod _ _ 45 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | Petru | | | | time | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Petru | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the giant | | | giant's power | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take out** | past | Petru | a handkerchief | | | | bound the two little fingers of the giant | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Theme | | 5 | **draw** | past | Petru *not said here* | giant's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Petru *not said here* | | | | time | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wake up** | infinitive | Petru *not said here* | my brave man | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/109/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/)