--- title: "Jest so," says she, looking in the pot; "bring me the heart of the… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Jest so," says she, looking in the pot; "bring me the heart of the thing thou likest best of all, and I'll tell thee where to get thy pottle o' brains." Who acts: I. 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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 (I), 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:pg14241:26:19 # text = "Jest so," says she, looking in the pot; "bring me the heart of the thing thou likest best of all, and I'll tell thee where to get thy pottle o' brains." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Jest Jest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 23 likest like ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 appos _ _ 24 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 iobj _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 pottle pottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 40 case _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ' 's PART POS _ 40 punct _ _ 40 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | Jest | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | in the pot | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in pot=Theme | | 3 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the heart of the thing | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination heart=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | I | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **get** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | thy pottle | | | | of brains | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pottle=Stimulus | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/20/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/26/)