--- title: “That's strange, mum,” says Jack, “I dare say I could tell you somet… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “That's strange, mum,” says Jack, “I dare say I could tell you something about that but I'm so hungry I can't speak till I've had something to eat.” Who acts: That, 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 (That, 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:pg7439:16:83 # text = “That's strange, mum,” says Jack, “I dare say I could tell you something about that but I'm so hungry I can't speak till I've had something to eat.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 dare dare AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 obj _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nmod _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 30 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ _ 36 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 35 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That | | | | | strange *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jack | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | dare | Jack | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | could | Jack | something | you | | | about that | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient something=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Jack | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | can | Jack | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Jack | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 8 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/84/) - ↑ back to [Jack and the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/)