--- title: ‘Now, little mite of a man, do that likewise,’ ‘Well thrown,’ said t… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now, little mite of a man, do that likewise,’ ‘Well thrown,’ said the tailor, ‘but after all the stone came down to earth again; I will throw you one which shall never come back at all,’ and he put his hand into his pocket, took out the bird, and threw it into the air. 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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 mite, I, one, mite), 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:pg2591:19:39 # text = ‘Now, little mite of a man, do that likewise,’ ‘Well thrown,’ said the tailor, ‘but after all the stone came down to earth again; I will throw you one which shall never come back at all,’ and he put his hand into his pocket, took out the bird, and threw it into the air. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mite mite NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ _ 12 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Well well INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 17 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nsubj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 45 back back ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 60 out out ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 into into ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | infinitive | little mite of a man | that | | | | likewise *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 2 | **throw** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | little mite of a man *not said here* | the tailor | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come down** | past | little mite of a man *not said here* | | | earth | after all stone; again | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to earth=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **throw** | future | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **come back** | shall | one | | | all | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location | | 7 | **put** | past | mite | mite's hand | | mite's pocket | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | | 8 | **take out** | past | | the bird | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 9 | **throw** | past | | bird | | | | into the air *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into air=Result | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/40/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/)