--- title: Then the tailor took his needle, and sewed the eggs as he was told;… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the tailor took his needle, and sewed the eggs as he was told; and when he had done, the thief was sent to take them back to the nest, and put them under the bird without its knowing it. Who acts: tailor, thief, egg. 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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, thief, egg), 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:pg2591:43:32 # text = Then the tailor took his needle, and sewed the eggs as he was told; and when he had done, the thief was sent to take them back to the nest, and put them under the bird without its knowing it. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 sewed sew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 under under ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 without without SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the tailor | tailor's needle | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Theme | | 2 | **sew** | past | the tailor *not said here* | the eggs | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Product | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | tailor | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | tailor | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **send** | past · passive | | the thief | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take back** | to-infinitive | the thief *not said here* | needle | | the nest | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to nest=Destination | | 7 | **put** | infinitive | the thief *not said here* | needle | | | | under the bird | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme under bird=Destination | | 8 | **know** | gerund | egg | bird | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/33/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)