--- title: And as it broke out of it welled a big, big wave that grew, and that… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And as it broke out of it welled a big, big wave that grew, and that grew, till it reached the giant's waist and then his neck, and when it got to his head, he was drowned dead, and dead, and dead indeed. Who acts: sight, big big wave, that. 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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 (sight, big big wave, that), 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:pg7439:12:52 # text = And as it broke out of it welled a big, big wave that grew, and that grew, till it reached the giant's waist and then his neck, and when it got to his head, he was drowned dead, and dead, and dead indeed. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 welled well VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 19 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 till till SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 44 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 51 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break out** | past | sight | | | | | indeed *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **well** | past | sight | a big big wave | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | past | a big big wave | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grow** | past | that | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **reach** | past | sight | the giant's waist and giant's neck | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent waist=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past | sight | | | | | to giant's head *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to head=Result | | 7 | **drown** | past · passive | | giant | | | | dead *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/53/) - ↑ back to [Nix Nought Nothing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/)