--- title: Tom looked so wicked and so bloody-minded that the little man was qu… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tom looked so wicked and so bloody-minded that the little man was quite frightened; so says he, "Come along with me a couple of fields off, and I'll show you a crock of gold." Who acts: Tom, couple, I. 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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 (Tom, couple, I), 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:pg7885:7:33 # text = Tom looked so wicked and so bloody-minded that the little man was quite frightened; so says he, "Come along with me a couple of fields off, and I'll show you a crock of gold." 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 minded mind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 quite quite ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 24 along along ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 crock crock NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Tom | | | | | wicked *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **mind** | participle | Tom *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **frighten** | past · passive | | the little man | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | Tom | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come off** *in a quote* | infinitive | a couple of fields | | | | | with me; along *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **show** *in a quote* | future | I | a crock of gold | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient crock=Topic | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/7/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/7/34/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Boliauns](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/7/)