--- title: Tom in his hurry had never thought of bringing a spade with him, so… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Tom in his hurry had never thought of bringing a spade with him, so he made up his mind to run home and fetch one; and that he might know the place again he took off one of his red garters, and tied it round the boliaun. Who acts: Tom. 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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), 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:pg7885:7:35 # text = Tom in his hurry had never thought of bringing a spade with him, so he made up his mind to run home and fetch one; and that he might know the place again he took off one of his red garters, and tied it round the boliaun. 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 23 home home ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 again again ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 38 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 garters garter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 round round ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 boliaun boliaun NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | Tom in Tom's hurry | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | gerund | | a spade | | | | with Tom | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent spade=Theme | | 3 | **make up** | past | Tom | Tom's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 4 | **run** | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fetch** | infinitive | Tom *not said here* | one | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 6 | **know** | might | Tom | the place | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus | | 7 | **take off** | past | Tom | one of Tom's red garters | | | again | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 8 | **tie** | past | Tom *not said here* | place | | | | round the boliaun | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 9 | **hurry** | | Tom | | | | | | nom hurry «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **mind** | | Tom | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: 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:** «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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/7/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/7/36/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Boliauns](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/7/)