--- title: So when they were all ready Jack gave the word, and the cat mewed, a… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So when they were all ready Jack gave the word, and the cat mewed, and the dog barked, and the goat bleated, and the bull bellowed, and the rooster crowed, and all together they made such a dreadful noise that it frightened the robbers all away. Who acts: robbers, ready Jack, cat, dog. 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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 (robbers, ready Jack, cat, dog), 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:pg7439:10:36 # text = So when they were all ready Jack gave the word, and the cat mewed, and the dog barked, and the goat bleated, and the bull bellowed, and the rooster crowed, and all together they made such a dreadful noise that it frightened the robbers all away. 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 mewed mew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 bleated bleat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 bellowed bellow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 rooster rooster NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 crowed crow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 all all ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 together together ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 42 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 45 det:predet _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 all all ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 away away ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | robbers *= robber* | | | | | all, ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | ready Jack | the word | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 3 | **mew** | past | the cat | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bark** | past | the dog | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bleat** | past | the goat | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bellow** | past | the bull | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **crow** | past | the rooster | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **make** | past | robbers *= robber* | such dreadful noise | | | | together *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 9 | **frighten** | past | noise | the robbers | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus robber=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/37/) - ↑ back to [How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/)