--- title: “It is no matter for that,” quoth Jack; “I myself will go before and… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “It is no matter for that,” quoth Jack; “I myself will go before and prepare the way for you; therefore stop here and wait till I return.” Who acts: It, you, Jack. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Jack the Giant-killer, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/47/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/) / 47 # English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-killer, sentence 47 “It is no matter for that,” quoth Jack; “I myself will go before and prepare the way for you; therefore stop here and wait till I return.” **Who acts:** It, you, Jack · **What happens:** be, quoth, go, prepare, stop, wait · **To what, where:** matter, Jack, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Jack the Giant-killer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, you, 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:pg7439:23:47 # text = “It is no matter for that,” quoth Jack; “I myself will go before and prepare the way for you; therefore stop here and wait till I return.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 quoth quoth VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 18 before before ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 31 till till SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | no matter | | | | for that | tree rules | | 2 | **quoth** | imperative | you *not said here* | Jack | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | future | Jack | | | | | before *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **prepare** *in a quote* | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | the way | | | | for you | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent way=Product for you=Beneficiary | | 5 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | therefore *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **return** *in a quote* | present | Jack | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/48/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)