--- title: The old man told him to jump up quick, and said that he had made it… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The old man told him to jump up quick, and said that he had made it all right with his eldest brother, not to delay for anything whatever, "For," said he, "you have a good deal to go through with in a very short and quick time." Who acts: old man, man. 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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 (old man, 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:pg14241:26:142 # text = The old man told him to jump up quick, and said that he had made it all right with his eldest brother, not to delay for anything whatever, "For," said he, "you have a good deal to go through with in a very short and quick time." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 up up ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 quick quick ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 all all ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 right right ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 delay delay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 obl _ _ 30 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 For for ADP IN _ 30 case _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl _ _ 47 through through ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 51 very very ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ _ 55 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | Jack | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **jump up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | | | | | quick *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **make** | past · perfect | man | horse | | | | with man's eldest brother | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | | 5 | **not** **delay** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for anything | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | man | a good deal | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient | | 8 | **go through** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | a good deal *not said here* | | | time | through *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/141/) - next →: [sentence 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/143/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)