--- title: Now it happened that three tailors had met together, and the two eld… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now it happened that three tailors had met together, and the two elder thought, that after having successfully put in so many fine and strong stitches with never a wrong one amongst them, they were certain to do the right thing here too. Who acts: it, three tailors, two elder thought, tailors. 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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 (it, three tailors, two elder thought, tailors), 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:pg7277:51:4 # text = Now it happened that three tailors had met together, and the two elder thought, that after having successfully put in so many fine and strong stitches with never a wrong one amongst them, they were certain to do the right thing here too. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 tailors tailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 14 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 after after SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 successfully successfully ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 in in ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 25 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 28 stitches stitch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 34 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 46 too too ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | past · perfect | three tailors | the two elder thought | | | | together *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | gerund | the two elder thought | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put in** | infinitive | the two elder thought *not said here* | many fine stitches | | | | with a wrong one amongst tailors; successfully *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent stitch=Goal | | 5 | **is** | past | tailors *= tailor* | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | tailors *= tailor* *not said here* | the right thing | | here | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/51/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/51/5/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Clever Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/51/)