--- title: ‘Now, this jam shall be blessed by God,’ cried the little tailor, ‘a… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Now, this jam shall be blessed by God,’ cried the little tailor, ‘and give me health and strength’; so he brought the bread out of the cupboard, cut himself a piece right across the loaf and spread the jam over it. Who acts: God, little tailor, tailor. 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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 (God, little tailor, tailor), 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:pg2591:19:8 # text = ‘Now, this jam shall be blessed by God,’ cried the little tailor, ‘and give me health and strength’; so he brought the bread out of the cupboard, cut himself a piece right across the loaf and spread the jam over it. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 jam jam NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 13 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 right right ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 across across ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 jam jam NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 over over ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bless** | shall · passive | God | this jam | | | now | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | the little tailor | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tailor=Topic | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | the little tailor *not said here* | health and strength | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient health=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | past | tailor | the bread | | the cupboard | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent bread=Theme out cupboard=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **cut** | infinitive | | tailor | | the loaf | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset himself=Beneficiary piece=Product | | 6 | **spread** | past | | the jam | | loaf | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jam=Theme over it=Destination | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/9/) - ↑ back to [The Valiant Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/19/)