--- title: This roused Jack, and he went out and hired himself for the next day… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This roused Jack, and he went out and hired himself for the next day to a neighbouring farmer for a penny; but as he was coming home, never having had any money before, he lost it in passing over a brook. Who acts: Jack. 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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), 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:pg7439:34:5 # text = This roused Jack, and he went out and hired himself for the next day to a neighbouring farmer for a penny; but as he was coming home, never having had any money before, he lost it in passing over a brook. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 roused rouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 hired hire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 amod _ _ 19 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 29 home home ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 aux _ _ 33 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 parataxis _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 before before ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 43 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rouse** | participle · passive | | This | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go out** | past | Jack | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hire** | past | Jack *not said here* | Jack | | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 4 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | past · progressive | Jack | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **have** | gerund · perfect | | any money | | | | before *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 7 | **lose** | past | Jack | money | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 8 | **pass** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | | | a brook | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over brook=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/6/) - ↑ back to [Lazy Jack](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/34/)