--- title: The sprightly tailor was taking the long stitches, when he saw it gr… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The sprightly tailor was taking the long stitches, when he saw it gradually rising and rising through the floor, until it lifted out a great leg, and stamping with it upon the pavement, said in a roaring voice: "Do you see this great leg of mine?" Who acts: sprightly tailor, tailor, pair, taking. 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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 (sprightly tailor, tailor, pair, taking), 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:pg7885:12:20 # text = The sprightly tailor was taking the long stitches, when he saw it gradually rising and rising through the floor, until it lifted out a great leg, and stamping with it upon the pavement, said in a roaring voice: "Do you see this great leg of mine?" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sprightly sprightly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 csubj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 stitches stitch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 ccomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 until until SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 stamping stamp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 pavement pavement NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 49 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · progressive | the sprightly tailor | the long stitches | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stitch=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | tailor | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **rise** | gerund | pair | | | | | gradually *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rise** | gerund | pair *not said here* | | | the floor | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through floor=Location | | 5 | **lift out** | past | pair | a great leg | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme | | 6 | **stamp** | gerund | the sprightly tailor *not said here* | | | the pavement | | with pair | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon pavement=Destination | | 7 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | taking | | | a roaring voice | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | this great leg of mine | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Stimulus | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/21/) - ↑ back to [The Sprightly Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/)