--- title: So Jack said to his mother one evening, "Mother, bake my cake, and k… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So Jack said to his mother one evening, "Mother, bake my cake, and kill my hen, till I go seek my fortune; and if I meet it, never fear but I'll soon be back to share it with you." 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:pg7885:18:3 # text = So Jack said to his mother one evening, "Mother, bake my cake, and kill my hen, till I go seek my fortune; and if I meet it, never fear but I'll soon be back to share it with you." 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bake bake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 till till SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 25 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 fear fear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 40 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jack | | Jack's mother and Mother | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **bake** *in a quote* | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | my cake | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product | | 3 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | my hen | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | Jack | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **seek** *in a quote* | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | my fortune | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 6 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Jack | fortune | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | | 7 | **not** **fear** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | future | Jack | | | | | with Jack's mother and Mother *= mother*; share, soon *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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/4/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Comrades](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/)