--- title: Next morning, says the master, "Jack, the path across the bog to the… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Next morning, says the master, "Jack, the path across the bog to the pasture is very bad; the sheep does be sinking in it every step; go and make the sheep's feet a good path." Who acts: Next morning, master, sheep. 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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 (Next morning, master, sheep), 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:pg7885:24:102 # text = Next morning, says the master, "Jack, the path across the bog to the pasture is very bad; the sheep does be sinking in it every step; go and make the sheep's feet a good path." 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 13 across across ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bog bog NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pasture pasture NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux _ _ 27 sinking sink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Next morning | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the master Jack | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sink** *in a quote* | present · progressive · do-support | the sheep | every step | | bog | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent step=Patient | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the sheep's feet | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset foot=Beneficiary path=Product | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/103/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Master](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/)