--- title: So they lived on the bag of gold for some time, but at last they cam… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they lived on the bag of gold for some time, but at last they came to the end of that so Jack made up his mind to try his luck once more up at the top of the beanstalk. Who acts: bags, last, Jack. 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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 (bags, last, Jack), 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:pg7439:16:76 # text = So they lived on the bag of gold for some time, but at last they came to the end of that so Jack made up his mind to try his luck once more up at the top of the beanstalk. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 nsubj _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nmod _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 34 advmod _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 beanstalk beanstalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | bags *= bag* | | | the bag of gold | time | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bag=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | last | | | | to the end of that | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **make up** | past | Jack | Jack's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 4 | **try** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | Jack's luck | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality | | 5 | **mind** | | Jack | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/77/) - ↑ back to [Jack and the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/)