--- title: So Tom came home again with his spade on his shoulder, a little cool… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So Tom came home again with his spade on his shoulder, a little cooler than he went, and many's the hearty curse he gave the Lepracaun every time he thought of the neat turn he had served him. Who acts: Tom, many. 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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, many), 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:pg7885:7:42 # text = So Tom came home again with his spade on his shoulder, a little cooler than he went, and many's the hearty curse he gave the Lepracaun every time he thought of the neat turn he had served him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ _ 15 cooler cool ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 16 than than SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 hearty hearty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Lepracaun Lepracaun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 neat neat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Tom | | | | again | with Tom's spade on Tom's shoulder; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | Tom | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | many | the Lepracaun | | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lepracaun=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Tom | every time *not said here* | | | | of the neat turn | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot time=Theme | | 5 | **serve** | past · perfect | Tom | curse | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/7/41/) - next →: [The Horned Women, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/8/1/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Boliauns](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/7/)