--- title: Though he made the best of his bad luck, he did not like his quarter… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Though he made the best of his bad luck, he did not like his quarters at all; and the worst of it was, that more and more hay was always coming down, and the space left for him became smaller and smaller. Who acts: lack, more hay, space. 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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 (lack, more hay, space), 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:pg2591:25:72 # text = Though he made the best of his bad luck, he did not like his quarters at all; and the worst of it was, that more and more hay was always coming down, and the space left for him became smaller and smaller. 1 Though though SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 xcomp _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 aux _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 28 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 conj _ _ 31 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 34 advmod _ _ 34 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 44 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 xcomp _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | lack | | | | | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | lack | lack's quarters | | all | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot quarter=Theme | | 3 | **come down** | progressive | more hay | | | | | always, down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | past | the space | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **become** | past | lack | | | | | small *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/73/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)