--- title: He drew out his sword and gave each of them a couple of thrusts in t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He drew out his sword and gave each of them a couple of thrusts in the breast, and then went out to the horsemen and said: ‘The work is done; I have finished both of them off, but it was hard work! Who acts: tailor, I, work. 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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, I, work), 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:pg2591:19:108 # text = He drew out his sword and gave each of them a couple of thrusts in the breast, and then went out to the horsemen and said: ‘The work is done; I have finished both of them off, but it was hard work! 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 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 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thrusts thrust NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 horsemen horseman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 38 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 41 nsubj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ _ 41 off off ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw out** | past | tailor | tailor's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | tailor *not said here* | each | | the breast | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent each=Recipient couple=Theme | | 3 | **go out** | past | tailor *not said here* | | | | then | to the horsemen; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 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** | present · passive | | the work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **finish off** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** | past | work | hard work | | | | | tree rules | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/109/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/)