--- title: "Aye, aye: I see that, but I'll sew this!" cried the tailor; and his… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Aye, aye: I see that, but I'll sew this!" cried the tailor; and his fingers flew with the needle, and he took such long stitches, that he was just come to the end of the trews, when it was taking up its other leg. Who acts: tailor, fingers, it. 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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, fingers, it), 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:pg7885:12:21 # text = "Aye, aye: I see that, but I'll sew this!" cried the tailor; and his fingers flew with the needle, and he took such long stitches, that he was just come to the end of the trews, when it was taking up its other leg. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 aye aye INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 sew sew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 17 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 stitches stitch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 just just ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 trews trew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 52 up up ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the tailor *= tailor* | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **sew** *in a quote* | future | the tailor *= tailor* | this | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Product | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the tailor | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fly** | past | tailor's fingers | | | | | with the needle | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | tailor | such long stitches | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stitch=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | tailor | | | | to the end of the trews | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **take up** | past · progressive | it | end's other leg | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=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:** «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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/22/) - ↑ back to [The Sprightly Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/)