--- title: “Ladies,” said Jack, “I have put an end to the monster and his wicke… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Ladies,” said Jack, “I have put an end to the monster and his wicked brother; and I give you this castle and all the riches it contains, to make some amends for the dreadful pains you have felt.” Who acts: Ladies, castle, you. 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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 (Ladies, castle, you), 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:pg503:54:20 # text = “Ladies,” said Jack, “I have put an end to the monster and his wicked brother; and I give you this castle and all the riches it contains, to make some amends for the dreadful pains you have felt.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 amends amend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 felt feel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ladies | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **put** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Ladies *= lady* | a end | | | | to the monster and Jack's wicked brother | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | present | Ladies *= lady* | this castle and all riches | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient castle=Theme | | 4 | **contain** *in a quote* | present | castle | all riches *not said here* | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rich=Theme | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ladies *= lady* *not said here* | some amends | | | | for the dreadful pains | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for pain=Asset | | 6 | **feel** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | the dreadful pains *not said here* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=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 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/21/) - ↑ back to [The History of Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/)