--- title: Then he drew his sword, and, cutting a deep wound in the breast of b… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then he drew his sword, and, cutting a deep wound in the breast of both, he went to the horsemen and said, "The deed is done; I have given each his death-stroke; but it was a tough job, for in their defence they uprooted trees to protect themselves with; still, all that is of no use when such an one --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/96/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/) / 96 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Valiant Little Tailor, sentence 96 Then he drew his sword, and, cutting a deep wound in the breast of both, he went to the horsemen and said, "The deed is done; I have given each his death-stroke; but it was a tough job, for in their defence they uprooted trees to protect themselves with; still, all that is of no use when such an one as I come, who slew seven at one stroke." **Who acts:** Tailor, stroke, deeds, that, one · **What happens:** draw, cut, go, say, do, give · **To what, where:** sword, deep wound, breast, horsemen, deed, death stroke · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, stroke, deeds, that), 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:pg11027:13:96 # text = Then he drew his sword, and, cutting a deep wound in the breast of both, he went to the horsemen and said, "The deed is done; I have given each his death-stroke; but it was a tough job, for in their defence they uprooted trees to protect themselves with; still, all that is of no use when such an one as I come, who slew seven at one stroke." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 horsemen horseman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 36 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 38 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 uprooted uproot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 advcl _ _ 58 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 57 obj _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 61 still still ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 63 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 68 det:predet _ _ 64 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 68 nsubj _ _ 65 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 68 det _ _ 68 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 69 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 72 advmod _ _ 70 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 72 det:predet _ _ 71 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 73 as as SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 74 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 75 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 77 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 78 nsubj _ _ 78 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 acl:relcl _ _ 79 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 78 obj _ _ 80 at at ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 82 nummod _ _ 82 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 " " PUNCT '' _ 68 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | Tailor | Tailor's sword | | | then | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 2 | **cut** | gerund | Tailor *not said here* | a deep wound | | the breast of both | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wound=Product | | 3 | **go** | past | Tailor | | | the horsemen | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to horseman=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tailor *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the deed | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Tailor | Tailor's death stroke | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | stroke | a tough job | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **uproot** *in a quote* | past | deeds *= deed* | trees | | | | for deeds's defence | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 9 | **protect** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | deeds *= deed* *not said here* | deeds *= deed* | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | still | of all use; such one *nmod* | tree rules | | 11 | **come** *in a quote* | present | Tailor | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **slay** *in a quote* | past | such one | seven | | one stroke | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=Patient | | 13 | **stroke** *in a quote* | | Tailor | | | | | | nom stroke «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 14 | **defend** *in a quote* | | deeds *= deed* | | | | | | nom defence «process transitive»: poss=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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/97/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/13/)