--- title: The third tailor was a lazy young scamp who did not even know his ow… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The third tailor was a lazy young scamp who did not even know his own trade properly, but who thought that surely luck would stand by him now, just for once, for, if not, what _was_ to become of him? Who acts: third tailor, lazy young scamp, luck, thought. 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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 (third tailor, lazy young scamp, luck, thought), 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:pg7277:51:5 # text = The third tailor was a lazy young scamp who did not even know his own trade properly, but who thought that surely luck would stand by him now, just for once, for, if not, what _was_ to become of him? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 scamp scamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 properly properly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 surely surely ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 nsubj _ _ 41 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 46 of of 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 . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the third tailor | a lazy young scamp | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | a lazy young scamp | thought's own trade | | | | properly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer trade=Stimulus | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | a lazy young scamp | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | would | luck | | | | now | by thought; once *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by he=Location | | 5 | **become** | to-infinitive | | | | | | of thought | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **trade** | | thought | | | | | | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/51/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/51/6/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Clever Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/51/)