--- title: If the work was done for Tom, 't was undone for the other lads; if h… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: If the work was done for Tom, 't was undone for the other lads; if his buckets were filled, theirs were upset; if his tools were sharpened, theirs were blunted and spoiled; if his horses were clean as daisies, theirs were splashed with muck, and so on; day in and day out, 't was the same. 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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 (buckets, horses, t), 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:pg14241:17:88 # text = If the work was done for Tom, 't was undone for the other lads; if his buckets were filled, theirs were upset; if his tools were sharpened, theirs were blunted and spoiled; if his horses were clean as daisies, theirs were splashed with muck, and so on; day in and day out, 't was the same. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 advcl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 undone undo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 buckets bucket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 tools tool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 sharpened sharpen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 blunted blunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 spoiled spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 parataxis _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 daisies daisy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 splashed splash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 muck muck NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 on on ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 59 in in ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 62 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 68 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | the work | | | | for Tom; out *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **undo** | past · passive | | t | | | | for the other lads | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **fill** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | Tom's buckets | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | buckets *= bucket* | | | | | upset *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **sharpen** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | Tom's tools | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **blunt** | past · passive | | tools *= tool* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **spoil** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Tom's horses | | | | | as daisies; clean *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **splash** | past · passive | | horses *= horse* | | | | with muck | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with muck=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | t | | | | | same *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:** «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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/89/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)