--- title: Jack readily undertook the task, and bidding the king lie down, he p… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jack readily undertook the task, and bidding the king lie down, he pretended to fish in his pocket, having another fish concealed ready in his hand, and giving him a sly prick with a needle, he held up the fish, and showed it to the king. Who acts: Jack, king, fish. 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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, king, fish), 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:pg14241:34:1 # text = Jack readily undertook the task, and bidding the king lie down, he pretended to fish in his pocket, having another fish concealed ready in his hand, and giving him a sly prick with a needle, he held up the fish, and showed it to the king. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 readily readily ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP TO _ 17 case _ _ 17 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 23 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 xcomp _ _ 26 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 32 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 sly sly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 prick prick NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **undertake** | past | Jack | the task | | | | readily *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality | | 2 | **bid** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lie down** | present | the king | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pretend** | past | king | | | king's pocket | | to fish | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | gerund | king *not said here* | another fish | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **conceal** | participle | another fish *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | a sly prick | king | | | with a needle | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient prick=Theme | | 8 | **hold up** | past | Jack | the fish | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fish=Theme | | 9 | **show** | past | Jack *not said here* | prick | the king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to king=Recipient | 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: [More English Fairy Tales, pa…, 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/145/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/2/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/)