--- title: Now one day he set off to visit his Granny, and was jumping with joy… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now one day he set off to visit his Granny, and was jumping with joy to think of all the good things he should get from her, when who should he meet but a Jackal, who looked at the tender young morsel and said: "Lambikin! Who acts: wee, Jackal. 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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 (wee, Jackal), 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:pg7128:8:128 # text = Now one day he set off to visit his Granny, and was jumping with joy to think of all the good things he should get from her, when who should he meet but a Jackal, who looked at the tender young morsel and said: "Lambikin! 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 Granny Granny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Jackal Jackal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 morsel morsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Lambikin Lambikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set off** | past | wee | | | | now; day | | tree rules | | 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | wee *not said here* | wee's Granny | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent granny=Co-Agent | | 3 | **jump** | past · progressive | wee *not said here* | | | | | with joy | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | wee *not said here* | | | | | of all good things | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** | should | wee | all good things *not said here* | | | | from Granny | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thing=Theme from she=Source | | 6 | **meet** | should | | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look** | past | a Jackal | | | | | at the tender young morsel | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at morsel=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wee *not said here* | Lambikin | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/129/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/)