--- title: “Nothing to speak of,” said Jack, carelessly; “a rat, I believe, gav… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Nothing to speak of,” said Jack, carelessly; “a rat, I believe, gave me three or four slaps with its tail, and disturbed me a little; but I soon went to sleep again.” Who acts: Jack, rat. 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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, rat), 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:pg503:54:39 # text = “Nothing to speak of,” said Jack, carelessly; “a rat, I believe, gave me three or four slaps with its tail, and disturbed me a little; but I soon went to sleep again.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 carelessly carelessly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 20 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 conj _ _ 25 slaps slap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 disturbed disturb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 again again ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jack | | | | | carelessly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | Jack | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | past | a rat | three slaps | Jack | | | with rat's tail | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient slap=Theme | | 5 | **disturb** *in a quote* | past | a rat *not said here* | Jack | | | | a little *obl:unmarked* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Jack | | | | | soon *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | | | again | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/40/) - ↑ back to [The History of Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/)