--- title: “But I shouldn't have minded all that if it hadn't been for that lit… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “But I shouldn't have minded all that if it hadn't been for that little fellow on top of the house, who kept a-hollering, 'Chuck him up to me-e! Who acts: Jack, little fellow. 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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, little fellow), 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:pg7439:10:49 # text = “But I shouldn't have minded all that if it hadn't been for that little fellow on top of the house, who kept a-hollering, 'Chuck him up to me-e! 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 minded mind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 hollering hollering NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Chuck chuck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 e e NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mind** *in a quote* | should · perfect | Jack | axe | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Jack *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | participle | | | | top of the house | | for that little fellow | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | past | that little fellow | a hollering | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hollering=Theme | | 5 | **chuck up** *in a quote* | infinitive | that little fellow *not said here* | bull | Jack | | | e *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme to 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/50/) - ↑ back to [How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/10/)