--- title: And the lads saw Yallery Brown flitting about o' nights, and they sa… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the lads saw Yallery Brown flitting about o' nights, and they saw the things working without hands o' days, and they saw that Tom's work was done for him, and theirs undone for them; and naturally they begun to look shy on him, and they wouldn't speak or come nigh him, and they carried tales to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/89/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/) / 89 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 3, sentence 89 And the lads saw Yallery Brown flitting about o' nights, and they saw the things working without hands o' days, and they saw that Tom's work was done for him, and theirs undone for them; and naturally they begun to look shy on him, and they wouldn't speak or come nigh him, and they carried tales to the master and so things went from bad to worse. **Who acts:** lads, Yallery Brown, horses, things, Tom · **What happens:** see, flit, work, do, undo, begun · **To what, where:** Yallery Brown, things, work, Tom, tales, master · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lads, Yallery Brown, horses, things), 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:pg14241:17:89 # text = And the lads saw Yallery Brown flitting about o' nights, and they saw the things working without hands o' days, and they saw that Tom's work was done for him, and theirs undone for them; and naturally they begun to look shy on him, and they wouldn't speak or come nigh him, and they carried tales to the master and so things went from bad to worse. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Yallery Yallery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Brown Brown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 flitting flit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 19 without without ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 21 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 23 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 undone undo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 begun begun VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 56 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 57 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 parataxis _ _ 58 or or CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 60 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 66 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obj _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 71 so so ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 72 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 nsubj _ _ 73 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ _ 74 from from ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 obl _ _ 76 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the lads | Yallery Brown | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **flit** | gerund | Yallery Brown *not said here* | | | | night | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | horses *= horse* | the things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 4 | **work** | gerund | the things *not said here* | | | | day | without hands | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **do** | past · passive | | Tom's work | | | | for Tom | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **undo** | participle | horses *= horse* | | | | | for things *= thing* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **begun** | present | horses *= horse* | | | | | naturally *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **look** | to-infinitive | horses *= horse* *not said here* | | | | | on Tom; shy *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme | | 10 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | would | horses *= horse* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **come** | infinitive | horses *= horse* *not said here* | Tom | | | | nigh *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 12 | **carry** | past | horses *= horse* | tales | | the master | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tale=Theme to master=Destination | | 13 | **go** | past | things | | | bad | | to worse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from bad=Initial\_Location to bad=Destination | | 14 | **work** | | Tom | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/90/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)