--- title: Jack felt a little tired, and thought for a moment that he would go… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Jack felt a little tired, and thought for a moment that he would go back again; but he was a very persevering boy, and he knew that the way to succeed in anything is not to give up. Who acts: Jack, way. 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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, way), 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:pg540:16:5 # text = Jack felt a little tired, and thought for a moment that he would go back again; but he was a very persevering boy, and he knew that the way to succeed in anything is not to give up. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 again again ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 persevering persevere VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obl _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | Jack | | | | | tired *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Jack *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **go back** | would | Jack | | | | again | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **persevere** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | Jack | a persevering boy | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | past | Jack | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **succeed** | to-infinitive | the way *not said here* | | | anything | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in anything=Eventuality | | 8 | **not** **is** | present | the way | | | | | give *property* | tree rules | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/16/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/16/6/) - ↑ back to [Wonderful Growth of the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/16/)