--- title: The jackal fetched them out one by one till he had brought out nine,… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The jackal fetched them out one by one till he had brought out nine, and he took the last one and brought it out again, so the whole ten seemed to be there, and the panther was quite satisfied. Who acts: jackal, plenty, whole ten, panther. 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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 (jackal, plenty, whole ten, panther), 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:pg5615:34:80 # text = The jackal fetched them out one by one till he had brought out nine, and he took the last one and brought it out again, so the whole ten seemed to be there, and the panther was quite satisfied. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ _ 9 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nsubj _ _ 32 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 quite quite ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch out** | past | the jackal | lives *= life* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary one=Theme | | 2 | **bring out** | past · perfect | plenty | nine | | | | out *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent nine=Patient | | 3 | **take** | past | plenty | the last one | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **bring out** | past | plenty *not said here* | supper | | | again | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **seem** | past | the whole ten | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | the whole ten *not said here* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | the panther | | | | | satisfied *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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/81/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)