--- title: Jack promised that in the morning, at the risk of his life, he would… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Jack promised that in the morning, at the risk of his life, he would break the enchantment; and after a sound sleep he rose early, put on his invisible coat, and got ready for the attempt. 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:pg503:54:62 # text = Jack promised that in the morning, at the risk of his life, he would break the enchantment; and after a sound sleep he rose early, put on his invisible coat, and got ready for the attempt. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | Jack | | | the risk of Jack's life | morning | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **break** | would | Jack | the enchantment | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchantment=Patient | | 3 | **rise** | past | Jack | | | | after a sound sleep | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | | Jack's invisible coat | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on coat=Destination | | 5 | **get** | past | | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **risk** | | | Jack's life | | | | | nom risk «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/63/) - ↑ back to [The History of Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/54/)