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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 (sports, you, Tom), 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:pg14241:19:21 # text = They were angry with Tom as you may fancy, but got nothing by that as Tom took hold of a big spar, and laid about with a will, so that though the whole country-side was up in arms against him, he cleared his way wherever he came. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 fancy fancy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 12 obj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 spar spar NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 about about ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 against against ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 cleared clear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 53 advmod _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | sports *= sport* | | | | | with Tom; angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fancy** | may | you | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **get** | past | | nothing | | | | by that | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | past | Tom | hold of a big spar | | | | the whole country side *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 5 | **lay about** | past | Tom *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **clear** | past | Tom | Tom's way | | | | against Tom | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent way=Source | | 7 | **come** | past | Tom | | | | | wherever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hold** | | | a big spar | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/22/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/)