--- title: On that morning his valet, when putting Jack's clothes by, after cha… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On that morning his valet, when putting Jack's clothes by, after changing them to go a hunting, put his hand in one of Jack's waistcoat-pockets, and pulled out the little golden snuffbox, as poor Jack left behind in a mistake. Who acts: poor 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 (poor 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:pg7439:20:40 # text = On that morning his valet, when putting Jack's clothes by, after changing them to go a hunting, put his hand in one of Jack's waistcoat-pockets, and pulled out the little golden snuffbox, as poor Jack left behind in a mistake. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 valet valet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 putting put VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 appos _ _ 9 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 obj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 after after SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 28 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 waistcoat waistcoat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 snuffbox snuffbox NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 46 behind behind ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | gerund | | Jack's clothes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent clothes=Goal | | 2 | **change** | gerund | | clothes | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | | a hunting | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hunting=Theme | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | | Jack's hand | | | | in one of Jack's waistcoat pockets | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in one=Destination | | 5 | **pull out** | participle | | the little golden snuffbox | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **leave behind** | past | poor Jack | | | | | in a mistake *result*; behind *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in mistake=Result | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/41/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)