--- title: “Now I’ve caught my bird,” said the tailor, and he came out from beh… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Now I’ve caught my bird,” said the tailor, and he came out from behind the tree, placed the cord round its neck first, then struck the horn out of the tree with his axe, and when everything was in order led the beast before the King. Who acts: tailor, unicorn, everything, order. 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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, unicorn, everything, order), 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:pg503:42:115 # text = “Now I’ve caught my bird,” said the tailor, and he came out from behind the tree, placed the cord round its neck first, then struck the horn out of the tree with his axe, and when everything was in order led the beast before the King. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ve have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 5 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 out out ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 behind behind ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 round round ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 out out ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 45 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 before before ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the tailor *= tailor* | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **catch** *in a quote* | participle | the tailor *= tailor* *not said here* | my bird | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the tailor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come out** | past | unicorn | | | the tree | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **place** | past | the tailor *not said here* | the cord | | | | round tree's neck; first *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme | | 6 | **strike** | past | the tailor *not said here* | the horn | | the tree | then | with unicorn's axe | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent horn=Patient with axe=Instrument | | 7 | **is** | past | everything | | | order | | | tree rules | | 8 | **lead** | past | order | the beast | | | before the King | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beast=Theme before king=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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/116/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)