--- title: Jack, perceiving in one corner of the room a strong cord, took coura… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Jack, perceiving in one corner of the room a strong cord, took courage, and making a slip-knot at each end, he threw them over their heads, and tied it to the window-bars; he then pulled till he had choked them. 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:pg503:54:15 # text = Jack, perceiving in one corner of the room a strong cord, took courage, and making a slip-knot at each end, he threw them over their heads, and tied it to the window-bars; he then pulled till he had choked them. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 perceiving perceive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 slip slip NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 46 till till SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 choked choke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 ccomp _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | a strong cord | | one corner of the room | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cord=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | past | Jack | courage | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 3 | **make** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | a slip knot | | | at each end | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset knot=Product | | 4 | **throw** | past | Jack | giants *= giant* | | giants's heads | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme over head=Destination | | 5 | **tie** | past | Jack *not said here* | knot | | | | to the window bars | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to bar=Co-Patient | | 6 | **pull** | past | Jack | | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **choke** | past · perfect | Jack | giants *= giant* | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/16/) - ↑ back to [The History of Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/)