--- title: He didn't find his breakfast very heavy on his stomach; so he said t… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He didn't find his breakfast very heavy on his stomach; so he said to the mistress, "I think, ma'am, it will be better for me to get my dinner now, and not lose time coming home from the bog." Who acts: Jack, breakfast, time. 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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, breakfast, time), 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:pg7885:24:29 # text = He didn't find his breakfast very heavy on his stomach; so he said to the mistress, "I think, ma'am, it will be better for me to get my dinner now, and not lose time coming home from the bog." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 ma'am ma'am NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 ccomp _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 lose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 43 home home ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bog bog NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **find** | past · do-support | Jack | Jack's breakfast | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jack | | the mistress | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mistress=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Jack | ma'am | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | future | breakfast | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Jack | my dinner | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **lose** *in a quote* | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | time *not said here* | | | the bog | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bog=Initial\_Location | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/30/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Master](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/)