--- title: “I went back to the house,” said he, “and went in and tried to sit d… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I went back to the house,” said he, “and went in and tried to sit down in the rocking-chair, and there was an old woman knitting, and she stuck her knitting-needles into me.” Who acts: Jack, old woman knitting, knitting. 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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, old woman knitting, knitting), 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:pg7439:10:41 # text = “I went back to the house,” said he, “and went in and tried to sit down in the rocking-chair, and there was an old woman knitting, and she stuck her knitting-needles into me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 16 in in ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 rocking rocking NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 knitting knitting NOUN NN _ 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 40 knitting knitting NOUN NN _ 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 needles needle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** *in a quote* | past | Jack | | | | | to the house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jack | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go in** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **try** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **sit down** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | the rocking chair | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | past | a old woman knitting | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stick** *in a quote* | past | knitting | knitting's knitting needles | | | | into Jack | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent needle=Theme into i=Destination | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/42/) - ↑ back to [How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/)