--- title: The work was as badly done as the servant was surly and disagreeable… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The work was as badly done as the servant was surly and disagreeable; in the corners of the rooms there were collected heaps of dust; spiders’ webs hung from the ceilings and in front of the window-panes; the beds were hardly ever made, and the feather beds, so beloved by the old and feeble cats, ha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/) / 57 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 57 The work was as badly done as the servant was surly and disagreeable; in the corners of the rooms there were collected heaps of dust; spiders’ webs hung from the ceilings and in front of the window-panes; the beds were hardly ever made, and the feather beds, so beloved by the old and feeble cats, had never once been shaken since Lizina left the house. **Who acts:** servant, corners, Lizina · **What happens:** do, be, collect, hang, make, belov · **To what, where:** work, corners, heaps, webs, ceilings, beds This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servant, corners, Lizina), 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:pg2435:36:57 # text = The work was as badly done as the servant was surly and disagreeable; in the corners of the rooms there were collected heaps of dust; spiders’ webs hung from the ceilings and in front of the window-panes; the beds were hardly ever made, and the feather beds, so beloved by the old and feeble cats, had never once been shaken since Lizina left the house. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 surly surly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 disagreeable disagreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 24 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 spiders spider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 webs web NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 31 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ceilings ceiling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 panes pane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 beds bed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 47 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 49 advmod _ _ 49 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 beds bed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 so so ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 beloved belov VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 parataxis _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 60 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 conj _ _ 63 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 66 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 67 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 69 advmod _ _ 68 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 shaken shake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 conj _ _ 70 since since SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 71 Lizina Lizina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 72 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 ccomp _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | the work | | the corners of the rooms | | spiders's webs *obl*; badly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | the servant | | | | | surly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the servant *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **collect** | past · passive | the corners of the rooms *not said here* | heaps of dust | | there | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: heap=Theme | | 5 | **hang** | participle | | spiders's webs *not said here* | | the ceilings and front of the window panes | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | past · passive | | the beds | | | ever | the feather beds *obl*; hardly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 7 | **belov** | participle | | | | | | by the old cats | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **shake** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | once *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **leave** | past | Lizina | the house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/58/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/36/)