--- title: Jack had hardly time to bring the words out of his mouth, to tell th… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jack had hardly time to bring the words out of his mouth, to tell the little men what to do, but what it struck eight o'clock, when Bang, bang went one of the largest man-of-war vessels; and it made Jack jump out of bed to look through the window; and I can assure you it was a wonderful sight for hi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/) / 28 # English Fairy Tales, Jack and His Golden Snuff-box, sentence 28 Jack had hardly time to bring the words out of his mouth, to tell the little men what to do, but what it struck eight o'clock, when Bang, bang went one of the largest man-of-war vessels; and it made Jack jump out of bed to look through the window; and I can assure you it was a wonderful sight for him to see, after being so long with his father and mother living in a wood. **Who acts:** Jack, mouth, Bang, I, father · **What happens:** have, bring, tell, do, strike, bang · **To what, where:** words, mouth, little men, eight o'clock, one, Jack · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Jack, mouth, Bang, I), 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:pg7439:20:28 # text = Jack had hardly time to bring the words out of his mouth, to tell the little men what to do, but what it struck eight o'clock, when Bang, bang went one of the largest man-of-war vessels; and it made Jack jump out of bed to look through the window; and I can assure you it was a wonderful sight for him to see, after being so long with his father and mother living in a wood. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 obj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 Bang Bang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 bang bang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 49 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 50 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 out out ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 56 through through ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 assure assure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 64 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 iobj _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 parataxis _ _ 70 for for SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 71 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 75 after after ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 76 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 81 cop _ _ 77 so so ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 81 advmod _ _ 79 with with ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 parataxis _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 conj _ _ 84 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 81 acl _ _ 85 in in ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Jack | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | the words | | Jack's mouth | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent word=Theme out mouth=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | the little men | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 5 | **strike** | past | mouth | eight o'clock | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent what=Patient o'clock=Result | | 6 | **bang** | present | Bang | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | past | Bang *not said here* | one of the largest man and war vessels | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme | | 8 | **make** | past | mouth | Jack | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **jump out** | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | bed | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bed=Trajectory | | 10 | **look** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | | | | through the window | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=Theme | | 11 | **assure** | can | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 12 | **is a** | past | mouth | a wonderful sight | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **see** | to-infinitive | Jack | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 14 | **is** | gerund | | | | | after Jack's father and mother | long *property* | tree rules | | 15 | **live** | gerund | Jack's father and mother *not said here* | | | a wood | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/29/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)