--- title: Jack was afraid the robbers would come back in the night, and so whe… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jack was afraid the robbers would come back in the night, and so when it came time to go to bed he put the cat in the rocking-chair, and he put the dog under the table, and he put the goat upstairs, and he put the bull down cellar, and the rooster flew up on to the roof, and Jack went to bed. 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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, robbers, possession, rooster), 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:pg7439:10:38 # text = Jack was afraid the robbers would come back in the night, and so when it came time to go to bed he put the cat in the rocking-chair, and he put the dog under the table, and he put the goat upstairs, and he put the bull down cellar, and the rooster flew up on to the roof, and Jack went to bed. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 rocking rocking NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 under under ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 down down ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 55 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 rooster rooster NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 61 up up ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 69 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 70 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Jack | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come back** | would | the robbers | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | possession | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | possession *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **put** | past | Jack | the cat | | the rocking chair | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cat=Theme in chair=Destination | | 6 | **put** | past | Jack | the dog | | the table | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dog=Theme under table=Destination | | 7 | **put** | past | Jack | | the goat | | | upstairs *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent goat=Goal | | 8 | **put down** | past | Jack | the bull | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent bull=Asset cellar=Goal | | 9 | **fly up** | past | the rooster | | | the roof | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on roof=Location | | 10 | **go** | past | Jack | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/39/) - ↑ back to [How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/)