--- title: On this Jack my Hedgehog stepped down from his tree and said he woul… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On this Jack my Hedgehog stepped down from his tree and said he would undertake to show the King his way home if the King on his part would give him his written promise to let him have whatever first met him on his return. Who acts: Hedgehog, Jack, King. 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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 (Hedgehog, Jack, King), 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:pg7277:48:25 # text = On this Jack my Hedgehog stepped down from his tree and said he would undertake to show the King his way home if the King on his part would give him his written promise to let him have whatever first met him on his return. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 Hedgehog Hedgehog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 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 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 home home ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 advmod _ _ 41 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step down** | past | my Hedgehog | | | this Jack | | from Jack's tree | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my Hedgehog *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **undertake** | would | Jack | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | the King | | | | home *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | the King on King's part | King's written promise | Jack | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient promise=Theme | | 6 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **let** | to-infinitive | the King on King's part *not said here* | King | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **meet** | past | King *not said here* | whatever | | King's return | | first *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **promise** | | King | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **return** | | King | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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:** «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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/26/) - ↑ back to [Jack My Hedgehog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/)