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title: The little tailor willingly consented to do this, and following his… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Brave Little Tailor, sentence 58

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The little tailor willingly consented to do this, and following his friend they went on till they reached a cave where several other giants were sitting round a fire, each holding a roast sheep in his hand, of which he was eating.

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**Who acts:** huntsmen, several other giants, each, tailor · **What happens:** consent, do, follow, go on, reach, sit · **To what, where:** little tailor, this, following friend, cave, roast sheep, hand

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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 (huntsmen, several other giants, each, tailor), 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:pg503:42:58
# text = The little tailor willingly consented to do this, and following his friend they went on till they reached a cave where several other giants were sitting round a fire, each holding a roast sheep in his hand, of which he was eating.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	willingly	willingly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	consented	consent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	on	on	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	27	advmod	_	_
23	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
24	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj	_	_
26	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	acl:relcl	_	_
28	round	round	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	33	nsubj	_	_
33	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	advcl	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	45	obl	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consent** | participle |  | the little tailor *not said here* |  |  |  | willingly *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | this |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **go on** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | tailor's following friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **reach** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | a cave |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cave=Theme |
| 6 | **sit** | past · progressive | several other giants |  |  |  |  | round a fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **hold** | gerund | each | a roast sheep |  | tailor's hand |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme in hand=Location |
| 8 | **eat** | past · progressive | tailor |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of which=Source |

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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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