--- title: Then the Tailor jumped down, saying, "What a piece of luck they did… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Tailor jumped down, saying, "What a piece of luck they did not pull up the tree on which I sat, or else I must have jumped on another like a squirrel, for I am not used to flying." Who acts: Tailor, piece. 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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, piece), 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:pg11027:13:95 # text = Then the Tailor jumped down, saying, "What a piece of luck they did not pull up the tree on which I sat, or else I must have jumped on another like a squirrel, for I am not used to flying." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 else else ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 32 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 32 obl _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 squirrel squirrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump down** | past | the Tailor | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Tailor *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **pull up** *in a quote* | past · do-support | a piece of luck | the tree | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent what=Theme tree=Result | | 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | past | the Tailor *= tailor* | | | the tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | must | the Tailor *= tailor* | | | | | else *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **jump** *in a quote* | past | the Tailor *not said here* | | | another | | like a squirrel | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on another=Trajectory | | 7 | **not** **use** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Tailor *= tailor* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **fly** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/96/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/)