--- title: In a very short time the box was so nearly done that it only wanted… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In a very short time the box was so nearly done that it only wanted a little more chipping out with an axe; but this part of the work was easier accomplished indoors, and he called to one of his sons who were lounging inside to bring him the tool. Who acts: box, Patto, sons. A sentence of «The Orang --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/87/) [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 Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/) / 87 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 35, sentence 87 In a very short time the box was so nearly done that it only wanted a little more chipping out with an axe; but this part of the work was easier accomplished indoors, and he called to one of his sons who were lounging inside to bring him the tool. **Who acts:** box, Patto, sons · **What happens:** do, want, chip out, accomplish, call, lounge · **To what, where:** box, part, one, tool, Patto · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (box, Patto, sons), 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:pg3027:35:87 # text = In a very short time the box was so nearly done that it only wanted a little more chipping out with an axe; but this part of the work was easier accomplished indoors, and he called to one of his sons who were lounging inside to bring him the tool. 1 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 19 chipping chip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 34 indoors indoors ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 lounging lounge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 inside inside ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 tool tool NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | the box | | | time | nearly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **want** | past | box | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **chip out** *not said to happen* | gerund | box *not said here* | | | | | with a axe | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with axe=Instrument | | 4 | **accomplish** | past · passive | | this part of the work | | | | indoors *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **call** | past | Patto | | one of Patto's sons | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient | | 6 | **lounge** | past · progressive | Patto's sons | | | | | inside *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | to-infinitive | Patto's sons *not said here* | the tool | Patto | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination tool=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/88/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/35/)