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title: The King was very much pleased with the castle, but poor Jack's time… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The King was very much pleased with the castle, but poor Jack's time of a twelvemonths and a day was drawing to a close; and he, wishing to go home to his young wife, gives orders to the three little men to get ready by the next morning at eight o'clock to be off to the next brother, and to stop the
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# English Fairy Tales, Jack and His Golden Snuff-box, sentence 110

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The King was very much pleased with the castle, but poor Jack's time of a twelvemonths and a day was drawing to a close; and he, wishing to go home to his young wife, gives orders to the three little men to get ready by the next morning at eight o'clock to be off to the next brother, and to stop there for one night; also to proceed from there to the last or the youngest brother, the master of all the mice in the world, in such place where the castle shall be left under his care until it's sent for.

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**Who acts:** King, time · **What happens:** be, draw, wish, go, give, get off · **To what, where:** close, orders, three little men, eight o'clock, castle, care

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This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Jack and His Golden Snuff-box. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, time), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7439:20:110
# text = The King was very much pleased with the castle, but poor Jack's time of a twelvemonths and a day was drawing to a close; and he, wishing to go home to his young wife, gives orders to the three little men to get ready by the next morning at eight o'clock to be off to the next brother, and to stop there for one night; also to proceed from there to the last or the youngest brother, the master of all the mice in the world, in such place where the castle shall be left under his care until it's sent for.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
12	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	twelvemonths	twelvemonth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	xcomp	_	_
34	home	home	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
41	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
44	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	nummod	_	_
45	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	advcl	_	_
49	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	xcomp	_	_
50	by	by	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
54	at	at	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	56	nummod	_	_
56	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
57	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
58	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	cop	_	_
59	off	off	ADP	RP	_	48	compound:prt	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
66	to	to	PART	TO	_	67	mark	_	_
67	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
68	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	67	advmod	_	_
69	for	for	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	71	nummod	_	_
71	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
73	also	also	ADV	RB	_	75	advmod	_	_
74	to	to	PART	TO	_	75	mark	_	_
75	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	conj	_	_
76	from	from	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	75	obl	_	_
78	to	to	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	obl	_	_
81	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	84	cc	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
83	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	84	amod	_	_
84	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	87	punct	_	_
86	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
87	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	conj	_	_
88	of	of	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
89	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	91	det:predet	_	_
90	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	91	det	_	_
91	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	87	nmod	_	_
92	in	in	ADP	IN	_	94	case	_	_
93	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	94	det	_	_
94	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
95	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	98	punct	_	_
96	in	in	ADP	IN	_	98	case	_	_
97	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	98	amod	_	_
98	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	parataxis	_	_
99	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	104	advmod	_	_
100	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	101	det	_	_
101	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	104	nsubj:pass	_	_
102	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	104	aux	_	_
103	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	104	aux:pass	_	_
104	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	98	acl:relcl	_	_
105	under	under	ADP	IN	_	107	case	_	_
106	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	107	nmod:poss	_	_
107	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	104	obl	_	_
108	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	111	mark	_	_
109	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	111	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
110	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	111	aux	_	_
111	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	104	advcl	_	_
112	for	for	ADP	IN	_	111	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
113	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the King |  |  |  |  | with the castle; pleased *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** | past · progressive | poor Jack's time of a twelvemonths and a day |  |  | a close |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to close=Destination |
| 3 | **wish** | gerund | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to King's young wife; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wife=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **give** | present |  | orders | the three little men |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent order=Theme to man=Recipient |
| 6 | **get off** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | eight o'clock | morning | to the next brother *result*; ready *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to brother=Result |
| 7 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | there | night |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 8 | **proceed** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the last or the youngest brother | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **leave** | shall · passive |  | the castle |  | King's care |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme under care=Location |
| 10 | **send** | present · passive |  | castle |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 11 | **care** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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