--- title: At last, things got so bad that the master gave Tom the sack, and if… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last, things got so bad that the master gave Tom the sack, and if he hadn't, all the rest of the lads would have sacked him, for they swore they'd not stay on the same garth with Tom. Who acts: last things, master, Tom, things. 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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 (last things, master, Tom, 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:pg14241:17:94 # text = At last, things got so bad that the master gave Tom the sack, and if he hadn't, all the rest of the lads would have sacked him, for they swore they'd not stay on the same garth with Tom. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 12 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 iobj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux _ _ 30 sacked sack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 garth garth NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | last things | | | | | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **give** | past | the master | the sack | Tom | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient sack=Theme | | 3 | **not** **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Tom | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sack** | would · perfect · passive | | all rest of the lads | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **swear** | past | things *= thing* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **stay** | would | things *= thing* | | | the same garth with Tom | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on garth=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:** «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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/95/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)