--- title: And when he got near it he waited behind a bush till he saw the ogre… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when he got near it he waited behind a bush till he saw the ogre's wife come out with a pail to get some water, and then he crept into the house and got into the copper. Who acts: 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 (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:pg7439:16:99 # text = And when he got near it he waited behind a bush till he saw the ogre's wife come out with a pail to get some water, and then he crept into the house and got into the copper. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 behind behind ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 till till SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 20 out out ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Jack | | | house | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **wait** | past | Jack | | | a bush | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind bush=Location | | 3 | **see** | past | Jack | the ogre's wife | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 4 | **come out** | present | | | | | | with a pail; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive | | some water | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus | | 6 | **creep** | past | Jack | | | the house | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into house=Destination | | 7 | **get** | past | Jack *not said here* | | | the copper | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into copper=Destination | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/100/) - ↑ back to [Jack and the Beanstalk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/16/)