--- title: So the ogre sat down to the breakfast and ate it, but every now and… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the ogre sat down to the breakfast and ate it, but every now and then he would mutter: “Well, I could have sworn----” and he'd get up and search the larder and the cupboards, and everything, only luckily he didn't think of the copper. Who acts: ogre. 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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 (ogre), 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:pg7439:16:108 # text = So the ogre sat down to the breakfast and ate it, but every now and then he would mutter: “Well, I could have sworn----” and he'd get up and search the larder and the cupboards, and everything, only luckily he didn't think of the copper. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 mutter mutter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Well well INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux _ _ 28 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ---- ---- PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 larder larder NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cupboards cupboard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 only only ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 luckily luckily ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 51 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | the ogre | | | | | to the breakfast; down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **eat** | past | the ogre *not said here* | breakfast | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | would | ogre | | | | now; then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **swear** *in a quote* | could · perfect | ogre | everything | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get up** | would | ogre | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **search** | infinitive | ogre *not said here* | the larder and the cupboards | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent larder=Location | | 7 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | ogre | | | | | of the copper; luckily *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/109/) - ↑ back to [Jack and the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/)