--- title: Molly says: “I would put you into a sack, and I'd put the cat inside… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Molly says: “I would put you into a sack, and I'd put the cat inside with you, and the dog aside you, and a needle and thread and a shears, and I'd hang you up upon the wall, and I'd go to the wood, and choose the thickest stick I could get, and I would come home, and take you down, and bang you til --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/46/) [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/) / [Molly Whuppie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/) / 46 # English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, sentence 46 Molly says: “I would put you into a sack, and I'd put the cat inside with you, and the dog aside you, and a needle and thread and a shears, and I'd hang you up upon the wall, and I'd go to the wood, and choose the thickest stick I could get, and I would come home, and take you down, and bang you till you were dead.” **Who acts:** Molly, you · **What happens:** say, put, hang up, go, choose, get · **To what, where:** you, sack, cat, wall, wood, thickest stick · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Molly Whuppie. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Molly, you), 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:pg7439:25:46 # text = Molly says: “I would put you into a sack, and I'd put the cat inside with you, and the dog aside you, and a needle and thread and a shears, and I'd hang you up upon the wall, and I'd go to the wood, and choose the thickest stick I could get, and I would come home, and take you down, and bang you till you were dead.” 1 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 inside inside ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 26 aside aside ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 shears shear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 44 upon upon ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 thickest thick ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 60 amod _ _ 60 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 parataxis _ _ 69 home home ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 conj _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 down down ADP RP _ 72 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 77 bang bang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 78 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 till till SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 80 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 81 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 82 cop _ _ 82 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ” " PUNCT '' _ 77 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Molly | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **put** *in a quote* | would | Molly | | you | a sack | | the dog aside you *obl* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent you=Goal | | 3 | **put** *in a quote* | would | Molly | | the cat | | | with you; inside *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cat=Goal | | 4 | **hang up** *in a quote* | would | Molly | you | | the wall | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme upon wall=Destination | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | would | Molly | | | the wood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **choose** *in a quote* | infinitive | Molly *not said here* | the thickest stick | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | could | Molly | the thickest stick *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stick=Stimulus | | 8 | **come** *in a quote* | would | Molly | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **take down** *in a quote* | infinitive | Molly *not said here* | you | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 10 | **bang** *in a quote* | present | | you | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=Theme | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/47/) - ↑ back to [Molly Whuppie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/)