--- title: Then he chose him a nice gravestone for a seat and he lighted his ca… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he chose him a nice gravestone for a seat and he lighted his candle, and put on his thimble, and set to work at the trews; plying his needle nimbly, and thinking about the hire that the laird would have to give him. Who acts: tailor, laird. 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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, laird), 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:pg7885:12:7 # text = Then he chose him a nice gravestone for a seat and he lighted his candle, and put on his thimble, and set to work at the trews; plying his needle nimbly, and thinking about the hire that the laird would have to give him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 gravestone gravestone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 lighted light VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 thimble thimble NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 trews trew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 31 plying ply VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 nimbly nimbly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 38 about about ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 hire hire NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 laird laird NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | tailor | a nice gravestone | laird | | then | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary gravestone=Theme | | 2 | **light** | past | tailor | tailor's candle | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product | | 3 | **put** | participle | tailor *not said here* | | | tailor's thimble | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on thimble=Destination | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | tailor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **work** | to-infinitive | tailor *not said here* | | | | | at the trews | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at trew=Theme | | 6 | **ply** | gerund | tailor *not said here* | tailor's needle | | | | nimbly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent needle=Recipient | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | tailor *not said here* | | | | | about the hire | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about hire=Topic | | 8 | **have** | would | the laird | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **give** | to-infinitive | the laird *not said here* | | tailor | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/8/) - ↑ back to [The Sprightly Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/)