--- title: Jack at length got a cart-rope and cast it over the two heads of the… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jack at length got a cart-rope and cast it over the two heads of the giant, and drew him ashore by a team of horses, and then cut off both his heads with his sword of sharpness, and sent them to King Arthur. Who acts: 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 (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:pg7439:23:113 # text = Jack at length got a cart-rope and cast it over the two heads of the giant, and drew him ashore by a team of horses, and then cut off both his heads with his sword of sharpness, and sent them to King Arthur. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 both both DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 sharpness sharpness NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Jack at length | a cart rope | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rope=Stimulus | | 2 | **cast** | infinitive | Jack at length *not said here* | length | | the two heads of the giant | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over head=Destination | | 3 | **draw** | past | Jack at length *not said here* | Jack | | | | by a team of horses; ashore *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **cut off** | participle | | Jack's heads | | | then | with Jack's sword of sharpness | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 5 | **send** | past | Jack at length *not said here* | heads *= head* | King Arthur | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to arthur=Destination | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/114/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)