--- title: This got him in for a regular scrape, and the master when he got bac… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This got him in for a regular scrape, and the master when he got back to his wife said: "What has come over the men, they were all right until that laundry-maid of yours came. Who acts: This, James, master, maid. 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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 (This, James, master, maid), 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:pg14241:18:56 # text = This got him in for a regular scrape, and the master when he got back to his wife said: "What has come over the men, they were all right until that laundry-maid of yours came. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 regular regular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 scrape scrape NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 nsubj _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ _ 26 over over ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ _ 34 until until SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 36 laundry laundry NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | This | James | | | | for a regular scrape | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme for scrape=Source | | 2 | **get back** | past | James | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | | | over the men | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over man=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | maid | | | | | all, right *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | past | that laundry maid of yours | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/57/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/18/)