--- title: And so there was such a jam-making as had never been seen before, an… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And so there was such a jam-making as had never been seen before, and if you like to go and help in it, you might perhaps get a little, for they must surely be making jam still to this very day. Who acts: you, as. 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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 (you, as), 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:pg3454:25:42 # text = And so there was such a jam-making as had never been seen before, and if you like to go and help in it, you might perhaps get a little, for they must surely be making jam still to this very day. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 jam jam NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 as a NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 15 before before ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 surely surely ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 41 jam jam NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **not** **see** | past · perfect · passive | | such making as | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **help** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | basket | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get** | might | you | a little | | | | perhaps *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer little=Stimulus | | 7 | **make** | must · progressive | as *= a* | jam | | | still; day | surely *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset jam=Product | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/43/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)