--- title: Tom's strength being thus made known there was no longer any basking… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tom's strength being thus made known there was no longer any basking by the fire for him; every one would be hiring him to work, and telling him 't was a shame to live such a lazy life. Who acts: strength, basking, one, t. 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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 (strength, basking, one, t), 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:pg14241:19:9 # text = Tom's strength being thus made known there was no longer any basking by the fire for him; every one would be hiring him to work, and telling him 't was a shame to live such a lazy life. 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 thus thus ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 no no ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 basking basking NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 hiring hire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 42 det:predet _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund · passive | | Tom's strength | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | participle | Tom's strength *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **be** | past | any basking by the fire for Tom | | | there | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hire** | would · progressive | every one | Tom | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **work** | to-infinitive | every one *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | Tom | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | past | t | a shame | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **live** | to-infinitive | | such lazy life | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/10/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/19/)