--- title: So he gets a sack, and puts Molly into it, and the cat and the dog b… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he gets a sack, and puts Molly into it, and the cat and the dog beside her, and a needle and thread and shears, and hangs her up upon the wall, and goes to the wood to choose a stick. Who acts: cat. 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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 (cat), 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:pg7439:25:48 # text = So he gets a sack, and puts Molly into it, and the cat and the dog beside her, and a needle and thread and shears, and hangs her up upon the wall, and goes to the wood to choose a stick. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 beside beside ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 shears shear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | cat | a sack | | | | a needle and thread *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sack=Stimulus | | 2 | **put** | present | cat *not said here* | | Molly | sack | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent molly=Goal | | 3 | **shear** | present | cat *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hang up** | present | cat *not said here* | Molly | | the wall | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme upon wall=Destination | | 5 | **go** | present | cat *not said here* | | | the wood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **choose** | to-infinitive | cat *not said here* | a stick | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/49/) - ↑ back to [Molly Whuppie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/25/)