--- title: But so came one day, as they sat on the great settle in the Inn, a m… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But so came one day, as they sat on the great settle in the Inn, a man from the far end of the bog lands was smoking and listening, when all at once he sat up and slapped his knee. " Who acts: folks, man. 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" **Who acts:** folks, man · **What happens:** come, sit, smoke, listen, sit up, slap · **To what, where:** great settle, all, Inn, knee This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (folks, man), 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:pg14241:24:105 # text = But so came one day, as they sat on the great settle in the Inn, a man from the far end of the bog lands was smoking and listening, when all at once he sat up and slapped his knee. " 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 settle settle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Inn Inn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 bog bog NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 smoking smoke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 obj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 38 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 slapped slap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past | folks *= folk* | | | the great settle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on settle=Location | | 3 | **smoke** | past · progressive | a man from the far end of the bog lands | all | | the Inn | | | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent all=Source | | 4 | **listen** | gerund | a man from the far end of the bog lands *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sit up** | past | man | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location | | 6 | **slap** | past | man *not said here* | man's knee | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knee=Patient | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/106/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/24/)