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title: So when Jack my Hedgehog rode up the guards charged him with their b… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: So when Jack my Hedgehog rode up the guards charged him with their bayonets, but he put spurs to his cock, flew up over the gate right to the King’s windows, let himself down on the sill, and called out that if he was not given what had been promised him, both the King and his daughter should pay fo
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# The Green Fairy Book, Jack My Hedgehog, sentence 54

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So when Jack my Hedgehog rode up the guards charged him with their bayonets, but he put spurs to his cock, flew up over the gate right to the King’s windows, let himself down on the sill, and called out that if he was not given what had been promised him, both the King and his daughter should pay for it with their lives.

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**Who acts:** Jack, guards, King · **What happens:** ride up, charge, put, fly up, let down, call out · **To what, where:** Jack, spurs, gate, cock, sill

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jack My Hedgehog. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jack, guards, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:48:54
# text = So when Jack my Hedgehog rode up the guards charged him with their bayonets, but he put spurs to his cock, flew up over the gate right to the King’s windows, let himself down on the sill, and called out that if he was not given what had been promised him, both the King and his daughter should pay for it with their lives.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	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	3	appos	_	_
6	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	charged	charge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	bayonets	bayonet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
19	spurs	spur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
25	up	up	ADP	RP	_	24	compound:prt	_	_
26	over	over	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
29	right	right	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	’s	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
37	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	36	obj	_	_
38	down	down	ADP	RP	_	36	compound:prt	_	_
39	on	on	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	sill	sill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
45	out	out	ADP	RP	_	44	compound:prt	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
47	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj:pass	_	_
49	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux:pass	_	_
50	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	51	advmod	_	_
51	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	advcl	_	_
52	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	55	obj	_	_
53	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
54	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	55	aux:pass	_	_
55	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	51	advcl	_	_
56	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc:preconj	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	nsubj	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
62	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	conj	_	_
64	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
65	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	parataxis	_	_
66	for	for	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	obl	_	_
68	with	with	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride up** | past | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **charge** | past | the guards |  | Jack |  |  | with guards's bayonets | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with bayonet=Theme |
| 3 | **put** | past | Jack | spurs |  |  |  | to Jack's cock | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent spur=Goal |
| 4 | **fly up** | past |  |  |  | the gate |  | to the King's windows | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over gate=Location |
| 5 | **let down** | infinitive |  | cock |  | the sill |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on sill=Asset |
| 6 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **not** **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | cock |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect · passive |  |  | cock |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: he=Goal what=Theme |
| 9 | **pay** | should | the King and cock's daughter |  |  |  |  | for sill; with guards's lives | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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