--- title: The tailor sprang nimbly down, seized the tree with both hands as if… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The tailor sprang nimbly down, seized the tree with both hands as if he had carried it the whole way and said to the giant: “Fancy a big lout like you not being able to carry a tree!” Who acts: tailor, giant. 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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, giant), 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:pg503:42:49 # text = The tailor sprang nimbly down, seized the tree with both hands as if he had carried it the whole way and said to the giant: “Fancy a big lout like you not being able to carry a tree!” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nimbly nimbly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Fancy fancy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 lout lout NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 like like SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 37 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring** | past | the tailor | | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seize** | past | the tailor *not said here* | the tree | | | | with both hands | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 3 | **carry** | past · perfect | tailor | tree | | | | the whole way *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the tailor *not said here* | | the giant | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to giant=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **fancy** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a big lout | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lout=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | gerund | the giant *= giant* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **carry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the giant *= giant* *not said here* | a tree | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/50/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)