--- title: She gave him that, thinking he'd take it to the bog; but he fell to… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She gave him that, thinking he'd take it to the bog; but he fell to on the spot, and did not leave a scrap to tell tales on him; and the mistress was a little astonished. Who acts: mistress, 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 (mistress, 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:pg7885:24:35 # text = She gave him that, thinking he'd take it to the bog; but he fell to on the spot, and did not leave a scrap to tell tales on him; and the mistress was a little astonished. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bog bog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 17 xcomp _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 scrap scrap NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 31 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | mistress | that | Jack | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient that=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | mistress *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **take** | would | Jack | supper | | the bog | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to bog=Destination | | 4 | **fall** | past | Jack | | | the spot | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on spot=Location | | 5 | **not** **leave** | past · do-support | Jack *not said here* | a scrap | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scrap=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | tales | | | | on Jack | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | | 7 | **is** | past | the mistress | | | | | a little *obl:unmarked*; astonished *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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/36/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Master](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/)