--- title: His mother came along with him to the yard gate, and says she, "Jack… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: His mother came along with him to the yard gate, and says she, "Jack, which would you rather have, half the cake and half the hen with my blessing, or the whole of 'em with my curse?" Who acts: mother, Jack, my. 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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 (mother, Jack, my), 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:pg7885:18:5 # text = His mother came along with him to the yard gate, and says she, "Jack, which would you rather have, half the cake and half the hen with my blessing, or the whole of 'em with my curse?" 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 along along ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 rather rather ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 'em they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come along** | past | Jack's mother | | | the yard gate | | with Jack; along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | | widow | | | | Jack and half cake and half hen with my blessing *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | would | Jack and half cake and half hen with my blessing | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bless** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **curse** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/6/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Comrades](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/)