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title: Tom's fame was thus spread abroad till at length a brewer at Lynn, w… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
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# More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 5, sentence 54

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Tom's fame was thus spread abroad till at length a brewer at Lynn, wanting a good lusty man to carry his beer to Wisbeach went to hire Tom, and promised him a new suit of clothes from top to toe, and that he should eat and drink of the best, so Tom yielded to be his man and his master told him what way he should go, for you must understand there was a monstrous giant who kept part of the marsh-land, so that none durst go that way.

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**Who acts:** good lusty man, Wisbeach, Tom, man, you, monstrous giant · **What happens:** spread, want, carry, go, hire, promise · **To what, where:** fame, good lusty man, beer, Tom, new suit, top · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (good lusty man, Wisbeach, Tom, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg14241:19:54
# text = Tom's fame was thus spread abroad till at length a brewer at Lynn, wanting a good lusty man to carry his beer to Wisbeach went to hire Tom, and promised him a new suit of clothes from top to toe, and that he should eat and drink of the best, so Tom yielded to be his man and his master told him what way he should go, for you must understand there was a monstrous giant who kept part of the marsh-land, so that none durst go that way.
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	till	till	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	brewer	brewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Lynn	Lynn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	lusty	lusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	Wisbeach	Wisbeach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	hire	hire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	_	_
30	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
34	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	iobj	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	suit	suit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	37	nmod	_	_
40	from	from	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
48	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	parataxis	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	conj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	so	so	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
57	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	nsubj	_	_
58	yielded	yield	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
60	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	cop	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	nsubj	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
64	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	conj	_	_
66	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	advcl	_	_
67	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	iobj	_	_
68	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	72	nsubj	_	_
69	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl:unmarked	_	_
70	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	nsubj	_	_
71	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	72	aux	_	_
72	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
74	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	77	mark	_	_
75	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	77	nsubj	_	_
76	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	77	aux	_	_
77	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	parataxis	_	_
78	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	79	expl	_	_
79	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	77	ccomp	_	_
80	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
81	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	82	amod	_	_
82	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nsubj	_	_
83	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	84	nsubj	_	_
84	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	82	acl:relcl	_	_
85	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	obj	_	_
86	of	of	ADP	IN	_	90	case	_	_
87	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	90	det	_	_
88	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	90	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	88	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	96	punct	_	_
92	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	96	mark	_	_
93	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	92	fixed	_	_
94	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	95	compound	_	_
95	durst	durst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	96	nsubj	_	_
96	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	77	conj	_	_
97	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	98	det	_	_
98	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	96	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | past · passive |  | Tom's fame |  |  | till length | abroad, thus *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | gerund |  | a good lusty man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a good lusty man *not said here* | Tom's beer |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Theme |
| 4 | **go** | past | Wisbeach |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **hire** | to-infinitive | Wisbeach *not said here* | Tom |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tom=Theme |
| 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past |  | a new suit of clothes | Tom | top to toe |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal suit=Theme |
| 7 | **eat** | should | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **drink** | infinitive | Tom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the best | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of good=Source |
| 9 | **yield** | past | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | Tom's man and Tom's master |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Tom's man and Tom's master |  | Tom |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 12 | **go** | should |  | way |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 13 | **understand** | must | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 14 | **be** | past | a monstrous giant |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 15 | **keep** | past | a monstrous giant | part of the marsh land |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 16 | **go** | infinitive | none durst | that way |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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