--- title: Jack then proceeded on his journey, and traveled over hills and dale… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Jack then proceeded on his journey, and traveled over hills and dales, till arriving at the foot of a high mountain he knocked at the door of a lonely house, when an old man let him in. Who acts: Jack, old man. 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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, old man), 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:pg503:54:59 # text = Jack then proceeded on his journey, and traveled over hills and dales, till arriving at the foot of a high mountain he knocked at the door of a lonely house, when an old man let him in. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 traveled travel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 dales dale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 arriving arrive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proceed** | past | Jack | | | Jack's journey | then | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **travel** | participle | Jack *not said here* | | | hills and dales | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Trajectory | | 3 | **arrive** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | | | the foot of a high mountain | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **knock** | past | Jack | a high mountain *not said here* | | the door of a lonely house | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme at door=Destination | | 5 | **let in** | infinitive | a old man | Jack | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **journey** | | Jack | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/60/) - ↑ back to [The History of Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/)