--- title: But one day Jack-in-the-Green was sitting on a stone, wondering what… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But one day Jack-in-the-Green was sitting on a stone, wondering what he should do next, when the rabbit crept softly behind him, and gave his tail a sharp pull. Who acts: Jack, rabbit. A sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3, with its depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/68/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/) / 68 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3, sentence 68 But one day Jack-in-the-Green was sitting on a stone, wondering what he should do next, when the rabbit crept softly behind him, and gave his tail a sharp pull. **Who acts:** Jack, rabbit · **What happens:** sit, wonder, do, creep, give · **To what, where:** stone, tail · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jack, rabbit), 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:pg3282:36:68 # text = But one day Jack-in-the-Green was sitting on a stone, wondering what he should do next, when the rabbit crept softly behind him, and gave his tail a sharp pull. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Green Green ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 parataxis _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 22 next next ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 28 softly softly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 behind behind ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 pull pull NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | Jack | | | a stone | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=Location | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | should | Jack | | | | | next *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **creep** | past | the rabbit | | | | | behind Jack; softly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Trajectory | | 5 | **give** | past | the rabbit *not said here* | Jack's tail | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tail=Recipient pull=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:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/69/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/36/)