--- title: The Tailor travelled on, always following his nose, and after he had… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The Tailor travelled on, always following his nose, and after he had journeyed some long distance, he came into the courtyard of a royal palace; and feeling very tired he laid himself down on the ground and went to sleep. Who acts: Tailor. 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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 (Tailor), 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:pg11027:13:62 # text = The Tailor travelled on, always following his nose, and after he had journeyed some long distance, he came into the courtyard of a royal palace; and feeling very tired he laid himself down on the ground and went to sleep. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 after after SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 journeyed journey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 csubj _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ _ 37 down down ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | the Tailor | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | the Tailor *not said here* | Tailor's nose | | | | always *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | | 3 | **journey** | past · perfect | Tailor | some long distance | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme distance=Trajectory | | 4 | **come** | past | Tailor | | | the courtyard of a royal palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into courtyard=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | tired *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **lay down** | past | Tailor | Tailor | | the ground | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on ground=Destination | | 7 | **go** | past | Tailor *not said here* | | | sleep | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/63/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/)