--- title: Suddenly his daily work seemed to grow harder and heavier, and he sa… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Suddenly his daily work seemed to grow harder and heavier, and he said to himself: “Oh, if only I were a rich man, and could sleep in a bed with silken curtains and golden tassels, how happy I should be!” Who acts: daily work, Cutter. 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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 (daily work, Cutter), 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:pg2435:19:119 # text = Suddenly his daily work seemed to grow harder and heavier, and he said to himself: “Oh, if only I were a rich man, and could sleep in a bed with silken curtains and golden tassels, how happy I should be!” 1 Suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 sleep sleep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 tassels tassel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 43 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | Cutter's daily work | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Cutter's daily work *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Cutter | | Cutter | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Cutter | a rich man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sleep** *in a quote* | could | | | | a bed | | with silken curtains and golden tassels | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | should | Cutter | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **work** | | Cutter | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/118/) - next →: [The Crimson Fairy Book, part…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/1/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/)