--- title: Jack made the best of his way by travelling as fast as he could, but… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Jack made the best of his way by travelling as fast as he could, but lost his road, and was benighted, and could find any habitation until, coming into a narrow valley, he found a large house, and in order to get shelter took courage to knock at the gate. Who acts: Jack, shelter. 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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, shelter), 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:pg7439:23:19 # text = Jack made the best of his way by travelling as fast as he could, but lost his road, and was benighted, and could find any habitation until, coming into a narrow valley, he found a large house, and in order to get shelter took courage to knock at the gate. 1 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 by by SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 benighted benight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 until until SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 46 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 fixed _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 49 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ _ 51 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Jack | the best | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Product | | 2 | **travel** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lose** | past | Jack *not said here* | Jack's road | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Eventuality | | 4 | **benight** | past · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | could | | any habitation | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent habitation=Topic | | 6 | **come** | gerund | | | | a narrow valley | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into valley=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **find** | past | Jack | a large house | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Topic | | 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **take** | past | shelter | courage | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 10 | **knock** | to-infinitive | shelter *not said here* | | | | | at the gate | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at gate=Patient | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/20/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)