--- title: “What!” says Jack's mother, “have you been such a fool, such a dolt,… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “What!” says Jack's mother, “have you been such a fool, such a dolt, such an idiot, as to give away my Milky-white, the best milker in the parish, and prime beef to boot, for a set of paltry beans. Who acts: mother, you. 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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 (mother, you), 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:pg7439:16:30 # text = “What!” says Jack's mother, “have you been such a fool, such a dolt, such an idiot, as to give away my Milky-white, the best milker in the parish, and prime beef to boot, for a set of paltry beans. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 14 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 20 det:predet _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dolt dolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 24 det:predet _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 idiot idiot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 29 away away ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 31 Milky milky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 milker milker NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 parish parish NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 prime prime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 boot boot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 paltry paltry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jack's mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | such fool and such dolt | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give away** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Jack's mother *not said here* | the best milker | | the parish | | for a set of paltry beans | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent milker=Theme | | 4 | **boot** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Jack's mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/31/) - ↑ back to [Jack and the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/)