--- title: «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs — the whole book with trees and pragmatics description: The whole of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, chapter by chapter: 3050 sentences, every one with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause, parsed by Mova. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / English Fairy Tales # «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs The whole of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (public domain in the USA): 93 chapters, 3050 sentences. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics. Mova parsed them all itself; 27 are also in the tales treebank of release 0.3 and keep the tree a teacher model checked, the others say plainly that no teacher has checked them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/1/) — English Fairy Tales — 1 sentences · By Anonymous - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/2/) — \_how to Get Into This Book.\_ — 5 sentences · \_Knock at the Knocker on the Door, Pull the Bell at the side,\_ - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/3/) — \_to My Dear Little May\_ — 61 sentences · PREFACE - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/4/) — Joseph Jacobs. — 47 sentences · CONTENTS - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/5/) — Tom Tit Tot — 118 sentences · Once upon a time there was a woman, and she baked five pies. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/6/) — “nimmy Nimmy Not, Your Name's Tom Tit Tot!” — 1 sentences · Well, when that heard her, that gave an awful shriek and away that flew into the dark, and she never saw it… - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/7/) — The Three Sillies — 52 sentences · Once upon a time there was a farmer and his wife who had one daughter, and she was courted by a gentleman. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/8/) — The Rose-tree — 61 sentences · There was once upon a time a good man who had two children: a girl by a first wife, and a boy by the second. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/9/) — The Old Woman and Her Pig — 36 sentences · An old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/) — How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune — 51 sentences · Once on a time there was a boy named Jack, and one morning he started to go and seek his fortune. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/) — Mr. Vinegar — 58 sentences · Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar lived in a vinegar bottle. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/) — Nix Nought Nothing — 81 sentences · There once lived a king and a queen as many a one has been. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/13/) — Jack Hannaford — 86 sentences · There was an old soldier who had been long in the wars--so long, that he was quite out-at-elbows, and he did… - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/14/) — Mouse and Mouser — 37 sentences · The Mouse went to visit the Cat, and found her sitting behind the hall door, spinning. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/15/) — Cap O' Rushes — 116 sentences · Well, there was once a very rich gentleman, and he'd three daughters, and he thought he'd see how fond they… - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/) — Jack and the Beanstalk — 128 sentences · There was once upon a time a poor widow who had an only son named Jack, and a cow named Milky-white. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/17/) — The Story of the Three Little Pigs — 63 sentences · Once upon a time when pigs spoke rhyme And monkeys chewed tobacco, And hens took snuff to make them tough, A… - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/18/) — The Master and His Pupil — 30 sentences · There was once a very learned man in the north-country who knew all the languages under the sun, and who was… - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/19/) — Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse — 33 sentences · Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse both lived in a house, - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/) — Jack and His Golden Snuff-box — 119 sentences · Once upon a time, and a very good time it was, though it was neither in my time nor in your time nor in any… - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/21/) — The Story of the Three Bears — 63 sentences · Once upon a time there were Three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/22/) — Jack the Giant-killer — 24 sentences · When good King Arthur reigned, there lived near the Land's End of England, in the county of Cornwall, a farm… - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/) — Jack the Giant-killer — 180 sentences · and presented him with a sword and a belt, on which were written these words embroidered in letters of gold: - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/24/) — Childe Rowland — 77 sentences · Childe Rowland and his brothers twain Were playing at the ball, And there was their sister Burd Ellen In the… - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/) — Molly Whuppie — 59 sentences · Once upon a time there was a man and a wife had too many children, and they could not get meat for them, so… - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/26/) — The Red Ettin — 64 sentences · There was once a widow that lived on a small bit of ground, which she rented from a farmer. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/27/) — The Golden Arm — 17 sentences · Here was once a man who travelled the land all over in search of a wife. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/) — The History of Tom Thumb — 66 sentences · In the days of the great Prince Arthur, there lived a mighty magician, called Merlin, the most learned and s… - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/29/) — Mr. Fox — 9 sentences · Lady Mary was young, and Lady Mary was fair. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/30/) — Be Bold, Be Bold. — 2 sentences · But as the gate was open, she went through it, and found no one there. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/31/) — Be Bold, Be Bold, But Not Too Bold. — 18 sentences · Still she went on, till she came into the hall, and went up the broad stairs till she came to a door in the… - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/32/) — Be Bold, Be Bold. — 2 sentences · “But it is not so, nor it was not so,” said Mr. Fox. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/33/) — Be Bold, Be Bold, But Not Too Bold. — 17 sentences · “It is not so, nor it was not so,” said Mr. Fox. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/) — Lazy Jack — 68 sentences · Once upon a time there was a boy whose name was Jack, and he lived with his mother on a common. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/35/) — Earl Mar's Daughter — 49 sentences · One fine summer's day Earl Mar's daughter went into the castle garden, dancing and tripping along. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/) — Mr. Miacca — 34 sentences · Tommy Grimes was sometimes a good boy, and sometimes a bad boy; and when he was a bad boy, he was a very bad… - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/) — Whittington and His Cat — 106 sentences · In the reign of the famous King Edward III. there was a little boy called Dick Whittington, whose father and… - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/38/) — The Strange Visitor — 48 sentences · A woman was sitting at her reel one night; And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for… - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/39/) — The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh — 50 sentences · In Bamborough Castle once lived a king who had a fair wife and two children, a son named Childe Wynd and a d… - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/40/) — The Cat and the Mouse — 17 sentences · The cat and the mouse Play'd in the malt-house: - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/41/) — The Fish and the Ring — 60 sentences · Once upon a time, there was a mighty baron in the North Countrie who was a great magician that knew everythi… - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/42/) — The Magpie's Nest — 23 sentences · Once upon a time when pigs spoke rhyme And monkeys chewed tobacco, And hens took snuff to make them tough, A… - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/43/) — Kate Crackernuts — 58 sentences · Once upon a time there was a king and a queen, as in many lands have been. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/44/) — The Cauld Lad of Hilton — 21 sentences · At Hilton Hall, long years ago, there lived a Brownie that was the contrariest Brownie you ever knew. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/) — The Ass, the Table, and the Stick — 53 sentences · A lad named Jack was once so unhappy at home through his father's ill-treatment, that he made up his mind to… - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/) — Fairy Ointment — 36 sentences · Dame Goody was a nurse that looked after sick people, and minded babies. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/47/) — The Well of the World's End — 47 sentences · Once upon a time, and a very good time it was, though it wasn't in my time, nor in your time, nor any one el… - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/48/) — Master of All Masters — 26 sentences · A girl once went to the fair to hire herself for servant. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/) — The Three Heads of the Well — 62 sentences · Long before Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, there reigned in the eastern part of England a king w… - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/50/) — Notes and References — 5 sentences · In the following notes I give first the \_source\_ whence I obtained the various tales. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/51/) — I. Tom Tit Tot. — 9 sentences · \_Source\_.--Unearthed by Mr. E. Clodd from the “Suffolk Notes and Queries” of the \_Ipswich Journal\_, and repr… - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/52/) — II. the Three Sillies. — 10 sentences · \_Source\_.--From \_Folk-Lore Journal\_, ii. - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/53/) — III. the Rose Tree. — 9 sentences · \_Source\_.--From the first edition of Henderson's \_Folk-Lore of Northern Counties\_, p. 314, to which it was c… - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/54/) — IV. Old Woman and Pig. — 13 sentences · \_Source\_.--Halliwell's \_Nursery Rhymes and Tales\_, 114. - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/55/) — V. How Jack Sought His Fortune. — 9 sentences · \_Source\_.--\_American Folk-Lore Journal\_ I, 227-8. - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/56/) — VI. Mr. Vinegar. — 10 sentences · \_Source\_.--Halliwell, p. 149. - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/57/) — VII. Nix Nought Nothing. — 10 sentences · \_Source\_.--From a Scotch tale, “Nicht Nought Nothing,” collected by Mr. Andrew Lang in Morayshire, published… - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/58/) — VIII. Jack Hannaford. — 6 sentences · \_Source\_.--Henderson's \_Folk-Lore of Northern Counties\_ (first edition), p. 319. - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/59/) — IX. Binnorie. — 9 sentences · \_Source\_.--From the ballad of the “Twa Sisters o' Binnorie.” - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/60/) — X. Mouse and Mouser. — 4 sentences · \_Source\_.--From memory by Mrs. E. Burne-Jones. - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/61/) — XI. Cap O' Rushes. — 7 sentences · \_Source\_.--Discovered by Mr. E. Clodd, in “Suffolk Notes and Queries” of the \_Ipswich Journal\_, published by… - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/62/) — XII. Teeny-tiny. — 1 sentences · \_Source\_.--Halliwell, 148. - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/63/) — XIII. Jack and the Beanstalk. — 7 sentences · \_Source\_.--I tell this as it was told me in Australia, somewhere about the year 1860. - [64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/64/) — XIV. Three Little Pigs. — 7 sentences · \_Source\_.--Halliwell, p. 16. - [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/65/) — XV. Master and Pupil — 8 sentences · \_Source\_.--Henderson, \_Folk-Lore of Northern Counties\_, first edition, p. 343, communicated by the Rev. S. B… - [66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/66/) — XVI. Tatty Mouse and Tatty Mouse. — 34 sentences · \_Source\_.--Halliwell, p. 115. - [67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/67/) — XVII. Jack and His Snuff-box. — 7 sentences · \_Source\_.-Mr. F. - [68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/68/) — XVIII. the Three Bears. — 12 sentences · \_Source\_.--\_Verbatim et literatim\_ from Southey, \_The Doctor, &c.\_, quarto edition, p. 327. - [69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/69/) — XIX. Jack the Giant-killer. — 27 sentences · \_Source\_.--From two chap-books at the British Museum (London, 1805, Paisley, 1814). - [70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/70/) — XX. Henny-penny. — 7 sentences · \_Source\_.--I give this as it was told me in Australia in 1860. - [71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/) — XXI. Childe Rowland. — 85 sentences · \_Source\_.--Jamieson's \_Illustrations of Northern Antiquities\_, 1814, p. 397 \_seq. - [72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/72/) — XXII. Molly Whuppie. — 10 sentences · \_Source\_.--\_Folk-Lore Journal\_, ii. p. 68, forwarded by Rev. Walter Gregor. - [73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/73/) — XXIII. Red Ettin. — 22 sentences · \_Source\_.--“The Red Etin” in Chambers's \_Pop. - [74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/74/) — XXIV. Golden Arm. — 12 sentences · \_Source\_.--Henderson, \_l.c. - [75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/75/) — XXV. Tom Thumb. — 8 sentences · \_Source\_.--From the chap-book contained in Halliwell, p. 199, and Mr. Hartland's \_English Folk and Fairy Tal… - [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/76/) — XXVI. Mr. Fox. — 6 sentences · \_Source\_.--Contributed by Blakeway to Malone's Variorum Shakespeare, to illustrate Benedick's remark in \_Muc… - [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/77/) — XXVII. Lazy Jack. — 9 sentences · \_Source\_.--Halliwell, 157. - [78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/78/) — XXVIII. Johnny-cake. — 6 sentences · \_Source\_.--\_American Journal of Folk-Lore\_, ii. - [79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/79/) — XXIX. Earl Mar's Daughter. — 2 sentences · \_Source\_.--From the ballad of the same name as given in Mr. Allingham's \_Ballad Book\_: it is clearly a fairy… - [80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/80/) — XXX. Mr. Miacca. — 8 sentences · \_Source\_.--From memory of Mrs. B. Abrahams, who heard it from her mother some \_x\_ years ago (more than 40). - [81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/81/) — XXXI. Dick Whittington. — 10 sentences · \_Source\_.--I have cobbled this up out of three chap-book versions; (1) that contained in Mr. Hartland's \_Eng… - [82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/82/) — XXXII. the Strange Visitor — 7 sentences · \_Source\_.--From Chambers, \_l.c. - [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/83/) — XXXIII. the Laidly Worm. — 15 sentences · \_Source\_.--From an eighteenth-century ballad of the Rev. Mr. Lamb of Norham, as given in Prof. - [84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/84/) — XXXIV. Cat and Mouse. — 5 sentences · \_Source\_.--Halliwell, p. 154. - [85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/85/) — XXXV. the Fish and the Ring. — 10 sentences · \_Source\_.--Henderson, \_l.c. - [86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/86/) — XXXVI. the Magpie's Nest. — 5 sentences · \_Source\_.--I have built up the “Magpie's Nest” from two nidification myths, as a German professor would call… - [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/87/) — XXXVII. Kate Crackernuts. — 9 sentences · \_Source\_.--Given by Mr. Lang in \_Longman's Magazine\_, vol. xiv. and reprinted in \_Folk-Lore\_, Sept. 1890. - [88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/88/) — XXXVIII. the Cauld Lad of Hilton. — 7 sentences · \_Source\_.--Henderson's \_Folk-Lore of Northern Counties\_, 2nd edition, published by the Folk-Lore Society, pp. - [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/89/) — XXXIX. Ass, Table and Stick. — 13 sentences · \_Source\_.--Henderson, \_l.c. - [90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/90/) — XL. Fairy Ointment. — 13 sentences · \_Source\_.--Mrs. Bray, \_The Tamar and the Tavy\_, i. 174 (letters to Southey), as quoted by Mr. Hartland in \_F… - [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/91/) — XLI. the Well of the World's End. — 17 sentences · \_Source\_.--Leyden's edition of \_The Complaynt of Scotland\_, p. 234 \_seq. - [92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/92/) — XLII. Master of All Masters. — 11 sentences · \_Source\_.--I have taken what suited me from a number of sources, which shows how wide-spread this quaint dro… - [93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/93/) — XLIII. the Three Heads of the Well. — 9 sentences · \_Source\_.--Halliwell, p. 158.