--- title: When he got him there, Mr. Miacca dropped him out; and when he saw h… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he got him there, Mr. Miacca dropped him out; and when he saw him, he said: “Ah, you're the youngster what served me and my missus that shabby trick, leaving us without any supper. Who acts: Tommy, Miacca, you, youngster. 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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 (Tommy, Miacca, you, youngster), 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:pg7439:36:24 # text = When he got him there, Mr. Miacca dropped him out; and when he saw him, he said: “Ah, you're the youngster what served me and my missus that shabby trick, leaving us without any supper. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Miacca Miacca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 youngster youngster NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 nsubj _ _ 30 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 missus missus NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 shabby shabby ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 without without ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Tommy | Miacca | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **drop out** | past | Miacca Mr. | Tommy | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Tommy | Miacca | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tommy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | the youngster | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **serve** *in a quote* | past | the youngster | Tommy | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | | 7 | **leave** *in a quote* | gerund | the youngster *not said here* | us | | | | without any supper | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/25/) - ↑ back to [Mr. Miacca](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/)