--- title: A little while afterwards, he burst out into another fit of laughter… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: A little while afterwards, he burst out into another fit of laughter on finding a crooked hazel stick, which he also put in his pocket; and a third time he again laughed extravagantly because he found a nut. Who acts: Jack. 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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), 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:pg14241:33:111 # text = A little while afterwards, he burst out into another fit of laughter on finding a crooked hazel stick, which he also put in his pocket; and a third time he again laughed extravagantly because he found a nut. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 fit fit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 on on SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 crooked crooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 also also ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 36 extravagantly extravagantly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst out** | past | Jack | a little | | another fit of laughter | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | a crooked hazel stick | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Topic | | 3 | **put** | past | Jack | a crooked hazel stick | | Jack's pocket | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme in pocket=Destination | | 4 | **laugh** | past | Jack | | | | again; time | extravagantly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **find** | past | Jack | a nut | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Topic | 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/pg14241/33/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/112/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/)