--- title: The little tailor continued to follow his nose, and after he had wan… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The little tailor continued to follow his nose, and after he had wandered about for a long time he came to the courtyard of a royal palace, and feeling tired he lay down on the grass and fell asleep. Who acts: tailor. 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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), 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:pg503:42:65 # text = The little tailor continued to follow his nose, and after he had wandered about for a long time he came to the courtyard of a royal palace, and feeling tired he lay down on the grass and fell asleep. 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 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 after after SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 wandered wander VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 15 about about ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 csubj _ _ 32 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 35 down down ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | participle | | the little tailor *not said here* | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **follow** | to-infinitive | | tailor's nose | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme | | 3 | **wander** | past · perfect · passive | | the little tailor | | | time | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | tailor | a long time *not said here* | | | | to the courtyard of a royal palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 5 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | tired *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **lie down** | past | tailor | | | the grass | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=Location | | 7 | **fall** | past | tailor *not said here* | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/66/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)