--- title: It was certainly very diverting to see Tom in this dress and mounted… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was certainly very diverting to see Tom in this dress and mounted on the mouse, as he rode out a-hunting with the king and nobility, who were all ready to expire with laughter at Tom and his fine prancing charger. Who acts: clothing, Tom, king. 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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 (clothing, Tom, king), 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:pg7439:28:51 # text = It was certainly very diverting to see Tom in this dress and mounted on the mouse, as he rode out a-hunting with the king and nobility, who were all ready to expire with laughter at Tom and his fine prancing charger. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 diverting divert VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 nobility nobility NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 expire expire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 43 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 prancing prancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 charger charger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divert** | past · progressive | clothing | | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | clothing *not said here* | Tom | | this dress | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tom=Stimulus | | 3 | **mount** | participle | clothing *not said here* | | | | | on the mouse | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on mouse=Destination | | 4 | **ride out** | past | Tom | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hunt** | gerund | Tom *not said here* | | | | | with the king and nobility | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | the king and nobility | | | | | all, ready *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **expire** | to-infinitive | the king and nobility *not said here* | | | Tom and Tom's fine prancing charger | | with laughter | vn break\_down-45.8 «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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/52/) - ↑ back to [The History of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/)