--- title: Then Jack got a good meal and bed, and in the morning he and the Kin… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Jack got a good meal and bed, and in the morning he and the King went on to the fields; and the King called all the mice together, and asked them whether they had seen the great beautiful castle standing on golden pillars. Who acts: Jack, King, mice, great beautiful castle. 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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, King, mice, great beautiful castle), 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:pg7439:20:58 # text = Then Jack got a good meal and bed, and in the morning he and the King went on to the fields; and the King called all the mice together, and asked them whether they had seen the great beautiful castle standing on golden pillars. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 on on ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 xcomp _ _ 31 together together ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 44 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Jack | a good meal and bed | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meal=Stimulus | | 2 | **go on** | past | Jack | | | | morning | to the fields | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **call** | past | the King | all mice | | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | mice *= mouse* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 5 | **see** | past · perfect | mice *= mouse* | the great beautiful castle | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus | | 6 | **stand** | gerund | the great beautiful castle *not said here* | | | golden pillars | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pillar=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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/59/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)