--- title: Tom soon set himself to work to get out, which was not a very easy t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tom soon set himself to work to get out, which was not a very easy task; but at last, just as he had made room to get his head out, fresh ill-luck befell him. Who acts: Tom, last made room. 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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, last made room), 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:pg2591:25:82 # text = Tom soon set himself to work to get out, which was not a very easy task; but at last, just as he had made room to get his head out, fresh ill-luck befell him. 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 just just ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | Tom | Tom | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get out** | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is a** | past | | a easy task | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past · perfect | Tom | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get out** | to-infinitive | last made room *not said here* | Tom's head | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **befall** | past | last made room | Tom | | | | | tree rules | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/83/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)