--- title: But instead of the headsman taking his head off, he took him to a fo… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But instead of the headsman taking his head off, he took him to a forest not far from the town, because he had pity on him, and there left him to take his chance, when presently up comes a big hairy bear, limping upon three legs. Who acts: Jack, big hairy bear. 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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, big hairy bear), 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:pg14241:27:74 # text = But instead of the headsman taking his head off, he took him to a forest not far from the town, because he had pity on him, and there left him to take his chance, when presently up comes a big hairy bear, limping upon three legs. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 headsman headsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 csubj _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 40 presently presently ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 hairy hairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 limping limp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 51 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take off** | gerund | | Jack's head | | | | instead the headsman | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Jack | father | | a forest | | far *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to forest=Destination | | 3 | **have** | past | Jack | pity | | | | on father | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | | 4 | **leave** | past | Jack *not said here* | Jack | | there | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | Jack's chance | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Theme | | 6 | **come** | present | a big hairy bear | | | | | presently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **limp** | gerund | a big hairy bear *not said here* | | | three legs | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon leg=Trajectory | | 8 | **chance** | | Jack | | | | | | nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/75/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)