--- title: When he came to the outskirts of the wood he said to his followers:… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he came to the outskirts of the wood he said to his followers: “You wait here, I’ll manage the giants by myself”; and he went on into the wood, casting his sharp little eyes right and left about him. Who acts: tailor, followers. 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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, followers), 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:pg503:42:89 # text = When he came to the outskirts of the wood he said to his followers: “You wait here, I’ll manage the giants by myself”; and he went on into the wood, casting his sharp little eyes right and left about him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 outskirts outskirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 followers follower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 19 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 33 on on ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 casting cast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 43 right right ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 46 about about ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | tailor | | | the outskirts of the wood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to outskirt=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tailor | | tailor's followers | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to follower=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **wait** *in a quote* | present | tailor's followers *= follower* | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **manage** *in a quote* | future | tailor | the giants | | | | by tailor | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent giant=Theme by myself=Eventuality | | 5 | **go on** | past | tailor | | | the wood | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cast** | gerund | tailor *not said here* | tailor's sharp little eyes | | | | right *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Product | | 7 | **leave** | past | tailor *not said here* | | | | | about tailor | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about he=Location | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/90/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)