--- title: Down came Jack my Hedgehog with his cock, and told the old King he w… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Down came Jack my Hedgehog with his cock, and told the old King he would show him the right way if he would solemnly promise to give him the first thing he met in front of his royal castle. Who acts: Jack. 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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), 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:pg7277:48:40 # text = Down came Jack my Hedgehog with his cock, and told the old King he would show him the right way if he would solemnly promise to give him the first thing he met in front of his royal castle. 1 Down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 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 2 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 iobj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 32 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Jack | my Hedgehog | | | | with Jack's cock; down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Jack *not said here* | | the old King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **show** | would | Jack | the right way | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen* | would | Jack | | | | | solemnly *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | the first thing | Jack | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient thing=Theme | | 6 | **meet** | past | Jack | the first thing *not said here* | | front of Jack's royal castle | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Co-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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/41/) - ↑ back to [Jack My Hedgehog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/)