--- title: “All right,” said Jack; and away he went to his bed, and said his pr… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “All right,” said Jack; and away he went to his bed, and said his prayers quietly, and slept till it was near eight o'clock, and he had hardly any time to think what he was to do, till all of a sudden he remembered about the little golden box that his father gave him. 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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, prayers, bed, father), 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:pg7439:20:23 # text = “All right,” said Jack; and away he went to his bed, and said his prayers quietly, and slept till it was near eight o'clock, and he had hardly any time to think what he was to do, till all of a sudden he remembered about the little golden box that his father gave him. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 near near ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 35 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 44 obj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 till till ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 nmod _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 53 about about ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 obj _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jack | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | Jack | | | Jack's bed | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jack's prayers | | | | | quietly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sleep** | past | Jack *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | bed | | | | till eight o'clock | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | Jack | | | | time | hardly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | Jack | | | | | do *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **remember** | past | Jack | | | | | about the little golden box | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **give** | past | Jack's father | the little golden box | Jack | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient that=Theme | | 11 | **pray** | | Jack | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/24/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)