--- title: Meanwhile the toiling gnome went through his task over and over agai… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the toiling gnome went through his task over and over again till his back ached and his head swam, and he could no longer put two and two together; but as he felt tolerably certain of the exact number of turnips in the field, big and little together, he hurried back eager to prove to his b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/54/) [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 Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/) / 54 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 54 Meanwhile the toiling gnome went through his task over and over again till his back ached and his head swam, and he could no longer put two and two together; but as he felt tolerably certain of the exact number of turnips in the field, big and little together, he hurried back eager to prove to his beloved one what a delightful and submissive husband he would be. **Who acts:** toiling gnome, back, head, gnome · **What happens:** toil, go, ache, swim, put, feel · **To what, where:** task, two, beloved one This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (toiling gnome, back, head, gnome), 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:pg3282:32:54 # text = Meanwhile the toiling gnome went through his task over and over again till his back ached and his head swam, and he could no longer put two and two together; but as he felt tolerably certain of the exact number of turnips in the field, big and little together, he hurried back eager to prove to his beloved one what a delightful and submissive husband he would be. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 toiling toil VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 gnome gnome NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 over over ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 over over ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 9 conj _ _ 13 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ached ache VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 no no ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 27 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 conj _ _ 31 together together ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 37 tolerably tolerably ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 turnips turnip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 52 together together ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 56 back back ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 62 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 64 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 69 det:predet _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 66 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 submissive submissive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 conj _ _ 69 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 71 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 69 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toil** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | the toiling gnome | | | gnome's task | | meanwhile, over *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through task=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **ache** | past | gnome's back | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **swim** | past | back's head | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **put** | could | back | two | | | | long, together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent two=Goal | | 6 | **feel** | past | back | | | | | certain *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **hurry back** | past | back | | | | | eager *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **prove** | to-infinitive | back *not said here* | | back's beloved one what delightful husband | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to one=Experiencer | | 9 | **task** | | gnome | | | | | | nom task «act transitive»: 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/55/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/32/)