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title: He drew his sword and gave each of the giants a very fine thrust or… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He drew his sword and gave each of the giants a very fine thrust or two on the breast, and then went to the horsemen and said: “The deed is done, I’ve put an end to the two of them; but I assure you it has been no easy matter, for they even tore up trees in their struggle to defend themselves; but a
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Brave Little Tailor, sentence 104

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He drew his sword and gave each of the giants a very fine thrust or two on the breast, and then went to the horsemen and said: “The deed is done, I’ve put an end to the two of them; but I assure you it has been no easy matter, for they even tore up trees in their struggle to defend themselves; but all that’s of no use against one who slays seven men at a blow.”

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**Who acts:** tailor, it, horsemen · **What happens:** draw, give, go, say, do, have · **To what, where:** sword, each, breast, horsemen, deed, end · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brave 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 (tailor, it, horsemen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:42:104
# text = He drew his sword and gave each of the giants a very fine thrust or two on the breast, and then went to the horsemen and said: “The deed is done, I’ve put an end to the two of them; but I assure you it has been no easy matter, for they even tore up trees in their struggle to defend themselves; but all that’s of no use against one who slays seven men at a blow.”
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	thrust	thrust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	conj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
23	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	horsemen	horseman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
30	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
33	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	’ve	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
38	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
39	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	assure	assure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
50	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	49	iobj	_	_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
52	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
53	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	56	cop	_	_
54	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	56	det	_	_
55	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
59	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
60	even	even	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
61	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	parataxis	_	_
62	up	up	ADP	RP	_	61	compound:prt	_	_
63	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	obj	_	_
64	in	in	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	struggle	struggle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	_
67	to	to	PART	TO	_	68	mark	_	_
68	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	acl	_	_
69	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	68	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
71	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	73	det	_	_
73	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	’s	'	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	appos	_	_
75	of	of	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	77	det	_	_
77	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	nmod	_	_
78	against	against	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
79	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	77	nmod	_	_
80	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	81	nsubj	_	_
81	slays	slay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	79	acl:relcl	_	_
82	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	83	nummod	_	_
83	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	81	obj	_	_
84	at	at	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
85	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
86	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	79	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	73	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | tailor | tailor's sword |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent sword=Beneficiary that=Result |
| 2 | **give** | past | tailor *not said here* | each |  | the breast |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent each=Recipient thrust=Theme on breast=Asset |
| 3 | **go** | past | tailor *not said here* |  |  | the horsemen | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to horseman=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tailor *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | the deed |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | tailor |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | tailor *not said here* | a end |  |  |  | to the two of horsemen | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal |
| 8 | **assure** *in a quote* | present | tailor |  | you |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | it | no easy matter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **tore up** *in a quote* | past | horsemen *= horseman* | trees |  | horsemen's struggle |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **defend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | horsemen *= horseman* *not said here* | horsemen *= horseman* |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary |
| 12 | **slay** *in a quote* | present |  | seven men |  | a blow |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 13 | **struggle** *in a quote* |  | horsemen *= horseman* |  |  |  |  |  | nom struggle «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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