--- title: And well he might look, for Tom was swelling and Tom was staring, an… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And well he might look, for Tom was swelling and Tom was staring, and at last Tom shrieked out, "What--old Tim dead! then I'm the King o' the Cats!" and rushed up the chimney and was never more seen. Who acts: Tom, wife. 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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, wife), 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:pg14241:29:40 # text = And well he might look, for Tom was swelling and Tom was staring, and at last Tom shrieked out, "What--old Tim dead! then I'm the King o' the Cats!" and rushed up the chimney and was never more seen. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 swelling swell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 20 shrieked shriek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Tim Tim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 28 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 48 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | might | Tom | | | | | well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **swell** | past · progressive | Tom | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **stare** | past · progressive | Tom | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shriek out** | past | Tom *not said here* | the Cats | | last Tom | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Tom's wife *= wife* | the King o | | | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **rush up** | past | Tom *not said here* | the chimney | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chimney=Trajectory | | 7 | **not** **see** | past · passive | | more | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/41/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/29/)