--- title: The giant took the trunk on his shoulder, but the tailor seated hims… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The giant took the trunk on his shoulder, but the tailor seated himself on a branch, and the giant, who could not look round, had to carry away the whole tree, and the little tailor into the bargain: he behind, was quite merry and happy, and whistled the song: ‘Three tailors rode forth from the gate --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/45/) [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/) / [Grimms' Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/) / [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/) / 45 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, sentence 45 The giant took the trunk on his shoulder, but the tailor seated himself on a branch, and the giant, who could not look round, had to carry away the whole tree, and the little tailor into the bargain: he behind, was quite merry and happy, and whistled the song: ‘Three tailors rode forth from the gate,’ as if carrying the tree were child’s play. **Who acts:** giant, tailor, Three tailors · **What happens:** take, seat, not look round, have, carry away, be · **To what, where:** trunk, shoulder, tailor, branch, whole tree, song This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» 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 (giant, tailor, Three tailors), 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:pg2591:19:45 # text = The giant took the trunk on his shoulder, but the tailor seated himself on a branch, and the giant, who could not look round, had to carry away the whole tree, and the little tailor into the bargain: he behind, was quite merry and happy, and whistled the song: ‘Three tailors rode forth from the gate,’ as if carrying the tree were child’s play. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 round round ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 away away ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 behind behind ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 quite quite ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 : : PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 59 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 61 nummod _ _ 61 tailors tailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nsubj _ _ 62 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 63 forth forth ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 from from ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ 69 as as SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 70 if if SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 71 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 advcl _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 cop _ _ 75 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ’s 's PART POS _ 75 case _ _ 77 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the giant | the trunk | | Readily's shoulder | | into the bargain; behind *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trunk=Theme on shoulder=Destination | | 2 | **seat** | past | the tailor | tailor | | a branch | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value | | 3 | **not** **look round** | could | | | | | | round *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | the giant *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **carry away** | to-infinitive | the giant *not said here* | the whole tree | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | merry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **whistle** | past | the giant *not said here* | the song | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Topic | | 9 | **ride** | past | Three tailors | | | the gate | | forth *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from gate=Trajectory | | 10 | **carry** | gerund | Three tailors *not said here* | the tree | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 11 | **is a** | past | | child's play | | | | | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/46/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/)