--- title: They made a new bottom as fast as they could, but, no matter how the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They made a new bottom as fast as they could, but, no matter how they nailed it together, or what kind of wood they used, no sooner had they got the new bottom into the coach and were about to drive off than it broke again, so that they were still worse off than when they had broken the trace-pin. 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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 (brother, kind), 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:pg503:19:7 # text = They made a new bottom as fast as they could, but, no matter how they nailed it together, or what kind of wood they used, no sooner had they got the new bottom into the coach and were about to drive off than it broke again, so that they were still worse off than when they had broken the trace-pin. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 nailed nail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 24 det _ _ 24 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 off off ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 than than SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 50 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 57 mark _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 fixed _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 still still ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 58 off off ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 than than SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 when when SCONJ WRB _ 63 mark _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 65 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | brother | a new bottom | | | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bottom=Product | | 2 | **nail** | past | brother | bottom | | | | together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **use** | past | brother | wood *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient | | 4 | **have** | past | what kind of wood *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** | past | what kind of wood | no matter | | the coach | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bottom=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | brother *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **drive off** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **break** | past | kind | | | | again | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **is** | past | brother | | | | still | bad *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **break** | past · perfect | brother | the trace pin | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pin=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:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/8/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/)