--- title: Jack ran as fast as he could, and the ogre came rushing after, and w… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jack ran as fast as he could, and the ogre came rushing after, and would soon have caught him only Jack had a start and dodged him a bit and knew where he was going. Who acts: Jack, 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 (Jack, 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:pg7439:16:116 # text = Jack ran as fast as he could, and the ogre came rushing after, and would soon have caught him only Jack had a start and dodged him a bit and knew where he was going. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 14 after after ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 19 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux _ _ 20 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 dodged dodge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | Jack | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | the ogre | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rush** | gerund | the ogre *not said here* | | | | | after *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | would · perfect | | Jack | | | | soon *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | Jack | a start | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent start=Patient | | 6 | **dodge** | past | Jack *not said here* | Jack | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location | | 7 | **know** | past | Jack *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | ogre | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/117/) - ↑ back to [Jack and the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/)