--- title: And what do you think he saw? why, the beans his mother had thrown o… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And what do you think he saw? why, the beans his mother had thrown out of the window into the garden, had sprung up into a big beanstalk which went up and up and up till it reached the sky. Who acts: you, Jack, big beanstalk, window. 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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 (you, Jack, big beanstalk, window), 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:pg7439:16:42 # text = And what do you think he saw? why, the beans his mother had thrown out of the window into the garden, had sprung up into a big beanstalk which went up and up and up till it reached the sky. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 9 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 17 out out ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 beanstalk beanstalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 up up ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 up up ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 up up ADV RB _ 36 conj _ _ 39 till till SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Jack | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **throw** | past · perfect · passive | | Jack's mother | | the window | | into the garden | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme out window=Initial\_Location into garden=Destination | | 4 | **spring up** | past · perfect | Jack *not said here* | | | a big beanstalk | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go up** | past | a big beanstalk | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **reach** | past | window | the sky | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sky=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/43/) - ↑ back to [Jack and the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/)