More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 3, sentence 88

If the work was done for Tom, 't was undone for the other lads; if his buckets were filled, theirs were upset; if his tools were sharpened, theirs were blunted and spoiled; if his horses were clean as daisies, theirs were splashed with muck, and so on; day in and day out, 't was the same.

Who acts: buckets, horses, t · What happens: do, undo, fill, be, sharpen, blunt · To what, where: work, t, buckets, tools, horses

This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (buckets, horses, t), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 done	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 work	det
3	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 done	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 done	aux:pass
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	68 same	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Tom	case
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 done	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 undone	punct
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 undone	punct
10	t	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 undone	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 undone	aux:pass
12	undone	undo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 done	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 lads	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lads	det
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 lads	amod
16	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 undone	obl
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 filled	punct
18	if	if	SCONJ	_	22 filled	mark
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 buckets	nmod:poss
20	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 filled	nsubj:pass
21	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 filled	aux:pass
22	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 done	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 upset	punct
24	theirs	their	PRON	Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 upset	nsubj
25	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 upset	cop
26	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 filled	parataxis
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 sharpened	punct
28	if	if	SCONJ	_	32 sharpened	mark
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 tools	nmod:poss
30	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 sharpened	nsubj:pass
31	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 sharpened	aux:pass
32	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 done	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 blunted	punct
34	theirs	their	PRON	Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 blunted	nsubj:pass
35	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 blunted	aux:pass
36	blunted	blunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 sharpened	conj
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 spoiled	cc
38	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 blunted	conj
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 clean	punct
40	if	if	SCONJ	_	44 clean	mark
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 horses	nmod:poss
42	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 clean	nsubj
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 clean	cop
44	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 sharpened	parataxis
45	as	as	ADP	_	46 daisies	case
46	daisies	daisy	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 clean	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 splashed	punct
48	theirs	their	PRON	Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 splashed	nsubj:pass
49	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 splashed	aux:pass
50	splashed	splash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 clean	conj
51	with	with	ADP	_	52 muck	case
52	muck	muck	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 splashed	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 on	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 on	cc
55	so	so	ADV	_	56 on	advmod
56	on	on	ADV	_	50 splashed	advmod
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 out	punct
58	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 out	compound
59	in	in	ADV	_	58 day	advmod
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 day	cc
61	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 day	conj
62	out	out	ADV	_	5 done	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 same	punct
64	'	'	PUNCT	_	65 t	punct
65	t	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 same	nsubj
66	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 same	cop
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 same	det
68	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	68 same	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		the work	for Tom; out property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	undo	past · passive		t	for the other lads	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	fill a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		Tom's buckets		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
4	is	past	buckets = bucket		upset property	tree rules
5	sharpen a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		Tom's tools		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
6	blunt	past · passive		tools = tool		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
7	spoil	participle				vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	is a condition, not said to happen	past	Tom's horses		as daisies; clean property	tree rules
9	splash	past · passive		horses = horse	with muck	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with muck=Theme
10	is	past	t		same property	tree rules

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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/17/88/