--- title: The next night the Hobyahs took down the bag and knocked on the top… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The next night the Hobyahs took down the bag and knocked on the top of it, and said "Look me! look me!" and when they opened the bag--the big dog jumped out and ate them all up; so there are no Hobyahs now. Who acts: Hobyahs, big dog. 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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 (Hobyahs, big dog), 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:pg14241:25:111 # text = The next night the Hobyahs took down the bag and knocked on the top of it, and said "Look me! look me!" and when they opened the bag--the big dog jumped out and ate them all up; so there are no Hobyahs now. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Hobyahs hobyah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 knocked knock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ 24 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 nmod:unmarked _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 48 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 Hobyahs hobyah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 51 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take down** | past | the Hobyahs | the bag | | | night | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | | 2 | **knock** | participle | the Hobyahs *not said here* | | | the top of bag | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Attribute | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Attribute | | 6 | **open** | past | Hobyahs *= hobyah* | the bag | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bag=Theme | | 7 | **jump out** | past | the big dog | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **eat up** | past | the big dog *not said here* | Hobyahs *= hobyah* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 9 | **does** | present | no Hobyahs | | | there | now | | vn exist-47.1 «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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/112/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/)