--- title: “Ettin” is the English spelling of the word, as it is thus spelt in… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Ettin” is the English spelling of the word, as it is thus spelt in a passage of Beaumont and Fletcher (_Knight of Burning Pestle_, i. 1), which may refer to this very story, which, as we shall see, is quite as old as their time. Who acts: Ettin, English spelling, we, Beaumont. A sentence of «Englis --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/73/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [XXIII. Red Ettin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/73/) / 5 # English Fairy Tales, XXIII. Red Ettin., sentence 5 “Ettin” is the English spelling of the word, as it is thus spelt in a passage of Beaumont and Fletcher (\_Knight of Burning Pestle\_, i. 1), which may refer to this very story, which, as we shall see, is quite as old as their time. **Who acts:** Ettin, English spelling, we, Beaumont · **What happens:** be, spelt, refer, see, pass · **To what, where:** English spelling, Ettin, passage, story This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXIII. Red Ettin.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ettin, English spelling, we, Beaumont), 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:pg7439:73:5 # text = “Ettin” is the English spelling of the word, as it is thus spelt in a passage of Beaumont and Fletcher (_Knight of Burning Pestle_, i. 1), which may refer to this very story, which, as we shall see, is quite as old as their time. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ettin ettin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 parataxis _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 thus thus ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 spelt spelt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Beaumont Beaumont PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Fletcher Fletcher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Burning Burning PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 Pestle Pestle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 i. i. SYM SYM _ 33 case _ _ 33 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 refer refer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 52 quite quite ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 as as ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Ettin | the English spelling | | | | of the word | tree rules | | 2 | **spelt** | present · passive | | Ettin | | a passage of Beaumont and Fletcher | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **refer** | may | the English spelling | | | | | to this story | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to story=Co-Theme | | 4 | **see** | shall | we | this story | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | time | old *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **pass** | | Beaumont and Fletcher | | | | | | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/73/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/73/6/) - ↑ back to [XXIII. Red Ettin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/73/)