--- title: Then they fell to work at once, and when the boats were ready and pr… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then they fell to work at once, and when the boats were ready and properly painted, the hare went to the Tanuki, who was still very ill, and invited him to a great fish-catching. Who acts: man, boats, hare, Tanuki. 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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 (man, boats, hare, Tanuki), 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:pg5615:4:58 # text = Then they fell to work at once, and when the boats were ready and properly painted, the hare went to the Tanuki, who was still very ill, and invited him to a great fish-catching. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 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 PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 properly properly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hare hare NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Tanuki Tanuki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 still still ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 38 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 catching catching NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | man | | | | then | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at once=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the boats | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **paint** | participle | the boats *not said here* | | | | | properly *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | past | the hare | | | the Tanuki | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tanuki=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | past | the Tanuki | | | | still | ill *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **invite** | past | man *not said here* | | hare | | | to a great fish catching | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/59/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/4/)