--- title: And if the master gave him more work, he sat down, and the work did… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And if the master gave him more work, he sat down, and the work did itself, the singeing irons, or the broom, or what not, set to, and with ne'er a hand put to it would get through in no time. Who acts: master, Tom, work. 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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 (master, Tom, work), 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:pg14241:17:85 # text = And if the master gave him more work, he sat down, and the work did itself, the singeing irons, or the broom, or what not, set to, and with ne'er a hand put to it would get through in no time. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 singeing singe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 amod _ _ 22 irons iron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 broom broom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 parataxis _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 ne'er ne'er ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 40 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 45 through through ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 48 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the master | more work | Tom | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient work=Theme | | 2 | **sit down** | past | Tom | the singeing irons | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | past | the work | work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Eventuality | | 4 | **singe** | gerund | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **set** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **put** | participle | | a hand *not said here* | work | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **get through** | would | Tom *not said here* | | | | time | with a hand; through *property* | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with hand=Theme | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/86/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)