--- title: The giant all this while could not see him, on account of his invisi… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The giant all this while could not see him, on account of his invisible coat, so that Jack, coming up close to the monster, struck a blow with his sword at his head, but, missing his aim, he cut off the nose instead. Who acts: giant while, Jack. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/86/) [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/) / 86 # English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-killer, sentence 86 The giant all this while could not see him, on account of his invisible coat, so that Jack, coming up close to the monster, struck a blow with his sword at his head, but, missing his aim, he cut off the nose instead. **Who acts:** giant while, Jack · **What happens:** not see, come up, strike, miss, cut off, account · **To what, where:** Jack, account, blow, head, aim, nose 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 (giant while, 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:pg7439:23:86 # text = The giant all this while could not see him, on account of his invisible coat, so that Jack, coming up close to the monster, struck a blow with his sword at his head, but, missing his aim, he cut off the nose instead. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 so so SCONJ IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 23 up up ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 missing miss VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 ccomp _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 aim aim NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 47 off off ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 instead instead ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | could | the giant while | Jack | | account of Jack's invisible coat | | so Jack | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **come up** | gerund | | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **strike** | past | the giant while *not said here* | a blow | | Jack's head | | with Jack's sword | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent blow=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 4 | **miss** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | Jack's aim | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer aim=Stimulus | | 5 | **cut off** | past | Jack | the nose | | | | instead *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **account** | | | Jack's invisible coat | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **aim** | | Jack | | | | | | nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/87/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)