--- title: But when he found out that they were not good, and thought that they… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when he found out that they were not good, and thought that they were more for poisoning him, he sent immediately for the headsman to behead his youngest son, who was taken away there and then in a carriage. Who acts: Jack, brothers. 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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 (Jack, brothers), 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:pg14241:27:73 # text = But when he found out that they were not good, and thought that they were more for poisoning him, he sent immediately for the headsman to behead his youngest son, who was taken away there and then in a carriage. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 obj _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 poisoning poison VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 headsman headsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 behead behead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 32 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | past | Jack | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Jack *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | more *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **poison** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | Jack | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **send** | past | Jack | | | | | for the headsman; immediately *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **behead** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | Jack's youngest son | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 8 | **take away** | past · passive | | Jack's youngest son | | a carriage; there | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/74/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)