--- title: So he took three strong sacks and put a man in each of them, and fas… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he took three strong sacks and put a man in each of them, and fastened them up so tightly that they couldn’t get out, and then he threw them all into the river; and that was the end of the three rogues. Who acts: Simon, sacks, that. 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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 (Simon, sacks, that), 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:pg7277:27:4 # text = So he took three strong sacks and put a man in each of them, and fastened them up so tightly that they couldn’t get out, and then he threw them all into the river; and that was the end of the three rogues. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sacks sack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 25 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nmod:unmarked _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 rogues rogue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Simon | three strong sacks | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | Simon *not said here* | a man | | each | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme in each=Destination | | 3 | **fasten up** | past | Simon *not said here* | sacks *= sack* | | | | tightly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **not** **get out** | could | sacks *= sack* | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **throw** | past | Simon | sacks *= sack* | | | then | into the river *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into river=Result | | 6 | **is a** | past | that | the end | | | | of the three rogues | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/5/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/)