--- title: Why, by casting a tree across; so Jack climbed up to the top of the… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Why, by casting a tree across; so Jack climbed up to the top of the tree and threw his weight on it, so that when the man had rooted the tree up, Jack and the tree-head dropped on the farther bank. Who acts: Jack, man. 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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, man), 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:pg7439:45:38 # text = Why, by casting a tree across; so Jack climbed up to the top of the tree and threw his weight on it, so that when the man had rooted the tree up, Jack and the tree-head dropped on the farther bank. 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 by by SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 casting cast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 across across ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 32 mark _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 rooted root VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 43 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 47 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | a tree | | | | across *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Product | | 2 | **climb up** | past | Jack | | | the top of the tree | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination | | 3 | **throw** | past | Jack *not said here* | Jack's weight | | tree | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent weight=Theme on it=Destination | | 4 | **root up** | past · perfect | the man | the tree | | | | Jack and the tree head *obl* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | | 5 | **drop** | participle | | the tree head *not said here* | | the farther bank | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on bank=Trajectory | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/39/) - ↑ back to [The Ass, the Table, and the Stick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/45/)