--- title: And though many knights have tried to break the enchantment, and wor… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And though many knights have tried to break the enchantment, and work her deliverance, yet no one could accomplish it, on account of two dreadful griffins which are placed at the castle gate and which destroy every one who comes near. Who acts: one, Galligantua. 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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 (one, Galligantua), 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:pg7439:23:121 # text = And though many knights have tried to break the enchantment, and work her deliverance, yet no one could accomplish it, on account of two dreadful griffins which are placed at the castle gate and which destroy every one who comes near. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 deliverance deliverance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 accomplish accomplish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 28 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 griffins griffin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 destroy destroy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 near near ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · perfect · passive | | many knights | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **break** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the enchantment | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchantment=Patient | | 3 | **work** | infinitive | | Galligantua's deliverance | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent deliverance=Material | | 4 | **accomplish** | could | no one | deliverance | | account of two dreadful griffins | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **place** | present · passive | | two dreadful griffins | | the castle gate | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at gate=Destination | | 6 | **destroy** | present | | every one | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 7 | **come** | present | every one | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **deliver** | | Galligantua | | | | | | nom deliverance «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **account** | | | two dreadful griffins | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/122/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)