--- title: Jack, standing by the moat, laughed at him all the while; but though… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jack, standing by the moat, laughed at him all the while; but though the giant foamed to hear him scoff, and plunged from place to place in the moat, yet he could not get out to be revenged. Who acts: Jack, giant. 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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, giant), 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:pg7439:23:112 # text = Jack, standing by the moat, laughed at him all the while; but though the giant foamed to hear him scoff, and plunged from place to place in the moat, yet he could not get out to be revenged. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 though though SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 foamed foam VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 scoff scoff VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 plunged plunge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 40 out out ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 revenged revenge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | | | | | by the moat | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by moat=Location | | 2 | **laugh** | past | Jack | | | | while | at giant | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **foam** | past | the giant | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the giant *not said here* | giant | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **scoff** | infinitive | giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **plunge** | participle | the giant *not said here* | | | place | | to place in the moat | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from place=Initial\_Location to place=Destination | | 7 | **not** **get out** | could | giant | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **revenge** | to-infinitive · passive | giant *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/113/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)