--- title: Then he came to a window, barred with iron, through which he looked… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he came to a window, barred with iron, through which he looked and beheld a vast number of miserable captives, who, seeing him, cried out: “Alas! young man, art thou come to be one amongst us in this miserable den?” Who acts: giant, miserable captives. 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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 (giant, miserable captives), 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:pg7439:23:91 # text = Then he came to a window, barred with iron, through which he looked and beheld a vast number of miserable captives, who, seeing him, cried out: “Alas! young man, art thou come to be one amongst us in this miserable den?” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 barred bar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obj _ _ 41 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 advcl _ _ 45 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 49 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | giant | young man | | a window | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to window=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **bar** | participle | | a window *not said here* | | | | with iron | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 3 | **look** | past | giant | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through which=Theme | | 4 | **behold** | past | giant *not said here* | a vast number of miserable captives | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | gerund | miserable captives | giant | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | giant *not said here* | | | this miserable den | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in den=Location | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | one | | | | amongst us | tree rules | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/92/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)