--- title: Jack had to take another horse, and a cake to this King's brother, w… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jack had to take another horse, and a cake to this King's brother, who is the King of all the fowls of the air; and as Jack was going through the gates, the little frog that was on sentry asked John should he go with him. Who acts: Jack, brother, that, cake. 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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, brother, that, cake), 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:pg7439:20:75 # text = Jack had to take another horse, and a cake to this King's brother, who is the King of all the fowls of the air; and as Jack was going through the gates, the little frog that was on sentry asked John should he go with him. 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 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 fowls fowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 34 through through ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 sentry sentry NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 45 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 46 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Jack | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | another horse | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | present | this King's brother | the King | | | | of all fowls of the air | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | Jack | | | the gates the little frog and sentry | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through gate=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** | past | that | | | sentry | | | tree rules | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | a cake to this King's brother | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** | should | John | | | | | with King | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/76/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)