--- title: But before it could pull it out of the pavement, the sprightly tailo… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But before it could pull it out of the pavement, the sprightly tailor had finished his task; and, blowing out his candle, and springing from off his gravestone, he buckled up, and ran out of the church with the trews under his arm. Who acts: leg, pavement, tailor. 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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 (leg, pavement, tailor), 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:pg7885:12:22 # text = But before it could pull it out of the pavement, the sprightly tailor had finished his task; and, blowing out his candle, and springing from off his gravestone, he buckled up, and ran out of the church with the trews under his arm. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pavement pavement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 sprightly sprightly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 blowing blow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 springing spring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 off off ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 gravestone gravestone NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 buckled buckle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 out out ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 trews trew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 under under ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | could | leg | end | | the pavement | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out pavement=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **finish** | past · perfect · passive | the pavement *not said here* | the sprightly tailor | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **blow out** | gerund | leg *not said here* | tailor's candle | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent candle=Patient | | 4 | **spring** | gerund | leg *not said here* | | | tailor's gravestone | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from gravestone=Trajectory | | 5 | **buckle up** | past | tailor | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **run** | past | tailor *not said here* | | | the church with the trews under tailor's arm | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out church=Trajectory | | 7 | **task** | | tailor | | | | | | nom task «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:** «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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/23/) - ↑ back to [The Sprightly Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/)