--- title: As they left Gobborn told him: Now that Jack was done with this work… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As they left Gobborn told him: Now that Jack was done with this work, he should soon build a castle for his witty wife far superior to the king's, which he did, and they lived there happily ever after. Who acts: pen, Gobborn, hole. 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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 (pen, Gobborn, hole), 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:pg14241:20:78 # text = As they left Gobborn told him: Now that Jack was done with this work, he should soon build a castle for his witty wife far superior to the king's, which he did, and they lived there happily ever after. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 4 Gobborn Gobborn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 witty witty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 superior superior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 42 happily happily ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 43 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 44 after after ADV RB _ 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | pen | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Gobborn | | hole | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | past · passive | | Jack | | | now | with this work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **build** | should | hole | a castle | | | | for hole's witty wife; soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent castle=Product for wife=Beneficiary | | 5 | **do** | past | hole | the king | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 6 | **live** | past | pen | | | there | | happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/79/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)