--- title: But Jack replied: “Master, we'll do well enough, for I have an uncle… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But Jack replied: “Master, we'll do well enough, for I have an uncle lives within two miles of this place; he is a huge and monstrous giant with three heads; he'll fight five hundred men in armour, and make them to fly before him.” Who acts: Jack, we, uncle, heads. 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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, we, uncle, heads), 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:pg7439:23:43 # text = But Jack replied: “Master, we'll do well enough, for I have an uncle lives within two miles of this place; he is a huge and monstrous giant with three heads; he'll fight five hundred men in armour, and make them to fly before him.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 12 enough enough ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 20 within within ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 monstrous monstrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 33 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 41 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 compound _ _ 42 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 52 before before ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Jack | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | future | we | | | | | Master *vocative*; enough, well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Jack | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **live** *in a quote* | present | a uncle | | | | | within two miles of this place | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Jack | a huge giant | | | | with three heads | tree rules | | 6 | **fight** *in a quote* | future | Jack | hundred men | | armour | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | heads *= head* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fly** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | heads *= head* *not said here* | | | | before Jack | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/44/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)