--- title: But he couldn't always be good; and one day he went round the corner… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But he couldn't always be good; and one day he went round the corner, and as luck would have it, he hadn't scarcely got round it when Mr. Miacca grabbed him up, popped him in his bag, and took him home. Who acts: Tommy, Miacca. 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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 (Tommy, Miacca), 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:pg7439:36:23 # text = But he couldn't always be good; and one day he went round the corner, and as luck would have it, he hadn't scarcely got round it when Mr. Miacca grabbed him up, popped him in his bag, and took him home. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 round round ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 27 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 30 round round ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 33 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:desc _ _ 34 Miacca Miacca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 home home ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | could | Tommy | | | | | always, good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | Tommy | | | the corner | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round corner=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **have** | would | Tommy *not said here* | corner | | | | as luck | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **not** **get** | past · perfect | Tommy | | | corner | | scarcely *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round it=Destination | | 5 | **grab up** | past | Miacca Mr. | Tommy | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **pop** | past | Tommy *not said here* | Tommy | | Tommy's bag | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **take** | past | Tommy *not said here* | | Tommy | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/24/) - ↑ back to [Mr. Miacca](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/36/)