--- title: So the tailor took his needle, and with a few large stitches put som… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the tailor took his needle, and with a few large stitches put some of the planks together; and he sat down upon these, and sailed about and gathered up all pieces of the boat; and then tacked them together so quickly that the boat was soon ready, and they then reached the ship and got home safe. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/47/) [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 Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/) / 47 # Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Four Clever Brothers, sentence 47 So the tailor took his needle, and with a few large stitches put some of the planks together; and he sat down upon these, and sailed about and gathered up all pieces of the boat; and then tacked them together so quickly that the boat was soon ready, and they then reached the ship and got home safe. **Who acts:** tailor, few large stitches, beast, boat, stitches · **What happens:** take, put, sit down, sail, gather up, tack · **To what, where:** needle, some, these, pieces, ship This is a sentence of «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, The Four Clever Brothers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tailor, few large stitches, beast, boat), 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:pg2591:43:47 # text = So the tailor took his needle, and with a few large stitches put some of the planks together; and he sat down upon these, and sailed about and gathered up all pieces of the boat; and then tacked them together so quickly that the boat was soon ready, and they then reached the ship and got home safe. 1 So so ADV RB _ 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 , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 stitches stitch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 put put VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 14 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 planks plank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 together together ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 down down ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 about about ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 42 tacked tack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 together together ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 52 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 57 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 62 home home ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the tailor | beast's needle | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Theme | | 2 | **put** | present | a few large stitches | some | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent some=Goal | | 3 | **sit down** | past | beast | | | these | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon this=Location | | 4 | **sail** | past | the tailor *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **gather up** | past | the tailor *not said here* | all pieces of the boat | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 6 | **tack** | past | the tailor *not said here* | pieces *= piece* | | | then | quickly, together *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | | 7 | **is** | past | the boat | | | | | ready, soon *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **reach** | past | stitches *= stitch* | the ship | | | then | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ship=Theme | | 9 | **get** | past | stitches *= stitch* *not said here* | | | | | home, safe *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/48/) - ↑ back to [The Four Clever Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/43/)