--- title: He had now to begin all his work over again, but by this time it onl… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had now to begin all his work over again, but by this time it only wanted an hour of evening, when the witch was to be expected home, and he easily saw that it was impossible for him to be finished by that time. Who acts: He, work, his. 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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 (He, work, his), 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:pg5615:26:6 # text = He had now to begin all his work over again, but by this time it only wanted an hour of evening, when the witch was to be expected home, and he easily saw that it was impossible for him to be finished by that time. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 31 home home ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 easily easily ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 expl _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **begin** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his work | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 3 | **want** | past | work | | | | hour; time | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **expect** | past · passive | | the witch | | | | home *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | he | | | | | easily *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **finish** | to-infinitive · passive | | him *= he* | | | time | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **work** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/7/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/26/)