--- title: He went through one lot after another, and it was ll the same to him… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He went through one lot after another, and it was ll the same to him what he got hold of, so before midday he had threshed all the squire’s grain, his rye and wheat and barley and oats, all mixed through each other. Who acts: Hans, lot. 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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 (Hans, lot), 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:pg5615:12:76 # text = He went through one lot after another, and it was ll the same to him what he got hold of, so before midday he had threshed all the squire’s grain, his rye and wheat and barley and oats, all mixed through each other. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 ll ll DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 20 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 24 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 threshed thresh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 squire squire NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 rye rye NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 oats oat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 conj _ _ 45 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 46 through through ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 45 obl _ _ 48 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Hans | | | one lot | after another | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through lot=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | past | lot | | Hans | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | past | Hans | hold | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus | | 4 | **thresh** | past · perfect | Hans | the squire's grain | | | before midday | Hans's rye and wheat and barley and oats *obl* | tree rules | | 5 | **mix** | participle | | | | each | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/77/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/12/)