--- title: So they fell to working with all their might, till at last they beca… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they fell to working with all their might, till at last they became rich, and were able to build themselves a beautiful palace; and everyone came from miles round to see its wonders, and to say how splendid it was. Who acts: brothers, everyone, palace. 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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 (brothers, everyone, palace), 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:pg5615:20:41 # text = So they fell to working with all their might, till at last they became rich, and were able to build themselves a beautiful palace; and everyone came from miles round to see its wonders, and to say how splendid it was. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 with with SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 till till SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 30 nsubj _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 33 round round ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 wonders wonder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 42 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 43 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 ccomp _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **work** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **become** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | last | | rich *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **build** | to-infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | brothers *= brother* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset themselves=Beneficiary palace=Product | | 6 | **come** | past | everyone | | | | | from miles; round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mile=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | palace's wonders | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wonder=Stimulus | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | palace | | | | | splendid *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **wonder** | | palace | | | | | | nom wonder «feeling 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 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/42/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)