--- title: Jack thought he could, so his father told him to go by-and-by to the… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jack thought he could, so his father told him to go by-and-by to the bridge, and see if she was there, and if so bid her come home to take tea with them. Who acts: Jack, father, girl. 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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 (Jack, father, girl), 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:pg14241:20:41 # text = Jack thought he could, so his father told him to go by-and-by to the bridge, and see if she was there, and if so bid her come home to take tea with them. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 home home ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Jack | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Jack's father | | Jack | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jack's father *not said here* | | | | | by the bridge | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by bridge=Location | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | Jack's father *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | girl | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bid** | past | Jack's father *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | infinitive | Jack's father *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** | to-infinitive | Jack's father *not said here* | tea | | | | with things *= thing* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Theme | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/42/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)