--- title: Jack my Hedgehog mounted his cock, and driving his pigs before him i… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Jack my Hedgehog mounted his cock, and driving his pigs before him into the village, he let every one kill as many as they chose, and such a hacking and hewing of pork went on as you might have heard for miles off. Who acts: you, Hedgehog, Jack, pigs. 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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 (you, Hedgehog, Jack, pigs), 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:pg7277:48:50 # text = Jack my Hedgehog mounted his cock, and driving his pigs before him into the village, he let every one kill as many as they chose, and such a hacking and hewing of pork went on as you might have heard for miles off. 1 Jack jack VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Hedgehog Hedgehog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 9 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 kill kill NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obj _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 32 det:predet _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hacking hacking NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 hewing hewing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 pork pork NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 38 on on ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux _ _ 43 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 46 off off ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jack** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mount** | past | my Hedgehog | Jack's cock | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Patient | | 3 | **drive** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | Jack's pigs | | the village | before Jack | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent pig=Theme before he=Destination into village=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **let** | past | Jack | every one kill | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent kill=Recipient many=Theme | | 5 | **choose** | past | pigs *= pig* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go on** | past | such hacking and hewing of pork | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hear** | might · perfect | you | | | | | for miles | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/51/) - ↑ back to [Jack My Hedgehog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/)