--- title: The giant's daughter was at his side in a twinkling, and she said, "… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The giant's daughter was at his side in a twinkling, and she said, "To-morrow you will get the choice of my two sisters to marry; but say that you will not take either, but me. Who acts: daughter, mother, you. 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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 (daughter, mother, you), 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:pg7885:31:94 # text = The giant's daughter was at his side in a twinkling, and she said, "To-morrow you will get the choice of my two sisters to marry; but say that you will not take either, but me. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 twinkling twinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 To to ADP IN _ 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 40 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the giant's daughter | | | giant's side | | in a twinkling | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | future | you | the choice of my two sisters | | | | to morrow | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer choice=Stimulus | | 4 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | future | you | mother | | | | either *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/95/) - ↑ back to [The Battle of the Birds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/)