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title: The Tailor now ordered the huntsmen up, that they might see his pris… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics
description: The Tailor now ordered the huntsmen up, that they might see his prisoner with their own eyes; but our hero presented himself before the King, who was obliged at last, whether he would or no, to keep his word, and surrender his daughter and the half of his kingdom. Who acts: Tailor, huntsmen, hero. A
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# Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Valiant Little Tailor, sentence 115

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The Tailor now ordered the huntsmen up, that they might see his prisoner with their own eyes; but our hero presented himself before the King, who was obliged at last, whether he would or no, to keep his word, and surrender his daughter and the half of his kingdom.

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**Who acts:** Tailor, huntsmen, hero · **What happens:** order, see, present, oblige, keep, surrender · **To what, where:** huntsmen, prisoner, Tailor, King, last, word

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This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Valiant Little Tailor. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tailor, huntsmen, hero), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg11027:13:115
# text = The Tailor now ordered the huntsmen up, that they might see his prisoner with their own eyes; but our hero presented himself before the King, who was obliged at last, whether he would or no, to keep his word, and surrender his daughter and the half of his kingdom.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	presented	present	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
24	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	23	obj	_	_
25	before	before	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	31	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl	_	_
32	at	at	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
38	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	37	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	advcl	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	advcl	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	49	conj	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the Tailor | the huntsmen |  |  | now |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent huntsman=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | might | huntsmen *= huntsman* | Tailor's prisoner |  |  |  | with huntsmen's own eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prisoner=Stimulus |
| 3 | **present** | past | our hero | Tailor |  |  | before the King |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
| 4 | **oblige** | past · passive |  | the King |  | last |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **keep** | to-infinitive | our hero *not said here* | Tailor's word |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 6 | **surrender** | infinitive | our hero *not said here* | Tailor's daughter and the half of Tailor's kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme |
| 7 | **word** |  | Tailor |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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