--- title: This threw the giant into a rage, and seizing his shield and his spe… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: This threw the giant into a rage, and seizing his shield and his spear, the shaft of which was the trunk of a tree, he sprang to the door and leaped to the ground, not waiting to go down the notched pole that served for steps. Who acts: This, giant, notched pole. 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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 (This, giant, notched pole), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:15:72 # text = This threw the giant into a rage, and seizing his shield and his spear, the shaft of which was the trunk of a tree, he sprang to the door and leaped to the ground, not waiting to go down the notched pole that served for steps. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 shaft shaft NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 down down ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 notched notch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | This | the giant | | | | into a rage *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer giant=Theme into rage=Result | | 2 | **seize** | gerund | This *not said here* | giant's shield and giant's spear and the shaft | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shield=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the trunk | | | | of the shaft; of a tree | tree rules | | 4 | **spring** | past | giant | | | the door | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to door=Destination | | 5 | **leap** | participle | giant *not said here* | | | the ground | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to ground=Destination | | 6 | **not** **wait** | gerund | giant *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go down** | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | the notched pole | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient pole=Extent | | 8 | **notch** | participle | | | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **serve** | past | the notched pole | | | | | for steps | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for step=Recipient | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/)