--- title: Then the Giant, grinning with rage, strode tower-like towards the st… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Giant, grinning with rage, strode tower-like towards the stranger (ten times strengthened at every step), and fetched a monstrous blow at him with his pine tree, which Hercules caught upon his club; and being more skilful than Antaeus, he paid him back such a rap upon the sconce, that down --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/69/) [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/) / [Tanglewood Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/) / [The Pygmies., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/) / 69 # Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 2, sentence 69 Then the Giant, grinning with rage, strode tower-like towards the stranger (ten times strengthened at every step), and fetched a monstrous blow at him with his pine tree, which Hercules caught upon his club; and being more skilful than Antaeus, he paid him back such a rap upon the sconce, that down tumbled the great lumbering man-mountain, flat upon the ground. **Who acts:** Hercules · **What happens:** grin, stride, strengthen, fetch, catch, be · **To what, where:** stranger, ten times, monstrous blow, pine tree, club, rap This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pygmies., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hercules), 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:pg976:8:69 # text = Then the Giant, grinning with rage, strode tower-like towards the stranger (ten times strengthened at every step), and fetched a monstrous blow at him with his pine tree, which Hercules caught upon his club; and being more skilful than Antaeus, he paid him back such a rap upon the sconce, that down tumbled the great lumbering man-mountain, flat upon the ground. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 grinning grin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 13 towards towards ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 appos _ _ 19 strengthened strengthen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 monstrous monstrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 38 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 cop _ _ 46 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 47 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 48 than than ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Antaeus Antaeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 back back ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 55 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 57 det:predet _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 rap rap NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 parataxis _ _ 58 upon upon ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sconce sconce NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 obj _ _ 63 down down ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 tumbled tumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 lumbering lumbering NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 68 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 72 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 conj _ _ 73 upon upon ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grin** | gerund | | | | | | with rage | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stride** | past | | | | the stranger | | like *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards stranger=Destination | | 3 | **strengthen** | participle | | ten times *not said here* | | | | at every step | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **fetch** | past | | a monstrous blow | | | | at stranger; with stranger's pine tree | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent blow=Theme at he=Asset | | 5 | **catch** | past | Hercules | stranger's pine tree | | | | upon Hercules's club | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 6 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | than Antaeus; skilful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pay back** | past | Hercules | club | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset | | 8 | **tumble** | past | | such rap upon the sconce | | | | down *property* | 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:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/70/) - ↑ back to [The Pygmies., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/8/)