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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 (poor Jack, Jack, wife, this), 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:pg14241:20:51 # text = So poor Jack turned back, and when he came in his wife said, "Why, how's this you've come alone?" and he told her what his father had said and his answer. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 21 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 25 alone alone ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 obj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** | past | poor Jack | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | Jack | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Jack's wife | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | this | | | | | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Jack | | wife | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Jack's father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 7 | **answer** | | Jack | | | | | | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=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:** «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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/52/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)