--- title: Speaking thus, the little Tailor set out, followed by the hundred kn… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Speaking thus, the little Tailor set out, followed by the hundred knights, to whom he said, immediately they came to the edge of the forest, "You must stay here; I prefer to meet these Giants alone." Who acts: little Tailor, Tailor, knights, You. 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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 (little Tailor, Tailor, knights, You), 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:pg11027:13:82 # text = Speaking thus, the little Tailor set out, followed by the hundred knights, to whom he said, immediately they came to the edge of the forest, "You must stay here; I prefer to meet these Giants alone." 1 Speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Tailor Tailor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 parataxis _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 35 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 prefer prefer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 Giants Giant PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 alone alone ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | the little Tailor *not said here* | | | | | thus *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **set out** | past | the little Tailor | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **follow** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tailor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** | past | knights *= knight* | | | the edge of the forest | | immediately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to edge=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **stay** *in a quote* | must | You | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **prefer** *in a quote* | present | Tailor | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **meet** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Tailor *not said here* | this Giants | | | | alone *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Co-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:** «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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/83/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/)