--- title: Tom was in a fine rage, and he would have liked to have kicked him,… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tom was in a fine rage, and he would have liked to have kicked him, but 't was no good, there wasn't enough of it to get his boot against; but he said, "Look here, master, I'll thank thee to leave me alone after this, dost hear? Who acts: Tom, t, enough. 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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 (Tom, t, enough), 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:pg14241:17:98 # text = Tom was in a fine rage, and he would have liked to have kicked him, but 't was no good, there wasn't enough of it to get his boot against; but he said, "Look here, master, I'll thank thee to leave me alone after this, dost hear? 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux _ _ 12 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 kicked kick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 26 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 against against ADP IN _ 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 43 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 alone alone ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 55 after after ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 59 hear hea ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 58 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tom | | | a fine rage | | | tree rules | | 2 | **like** | would · perfect | Tom | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **kick** | to-infinitive · perfect | Tom *not said here* | Tom | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | t | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | enough of t | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | enough of t *not said here* | Tom's boot | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boot=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Tom | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | future | Tom | thee | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 10 | **leave** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | Tom | | | after this | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 11 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Tom *not said here* | | | | | hea *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/99/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/)