The Blue Fairy Book, The Brave Little Tailor, sentence 104

He drew his sword and gave each of the giants a very fine thrust or two on the breast, and then went to the horsemen and said: “The deed is done, I’ve put an end to the two of them; but I assure you it has been no easy matter, for they even tore up trees in their struggle to defend themselves; but all that’s of no use against one who slays seven men at a blow.”

Who acts: tailor, it, horsemen · What happens: draw, give, go, say, do, have · To what, where: sword, each, breast, horsemen, deed, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brave Little Tailor. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tailor, it, horsemen), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sword	nmod:poss
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gave	cc
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drew	conj
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 gave	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 giants	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giants	det
10	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 each	nmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 thrust	det
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 fine	advmod
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 thrust	amod
14	thrust	thrust	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 two	cc
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 thrust	conj
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 breast	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 breast	det
19	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 went	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 went	cc
22	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 went	advmod
23	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drew	conj
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 horsemen	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 horsemen	det
26	horsemen	horseman	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 went	obl
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 said	cc
28	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 went	conj
29	:	:	PUNCT	_	34 done	punct
30	“	"	PUNCT	_	34 done	punct
31	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 deed	det
32	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 done	nsubj
33	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 done	aux:pass
34	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 said	ccomp
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 ’ve	punct
36	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 ’ve	nsubj
37	’ve	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 done	conj
38	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 ’ve	xcomp
39	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 end	det
40	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 put	obj
41	to	to	ADP	_	43 two	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 two	det
43	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 put	obl
44	of	of	ADP	_	45 them	case
45	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 two	nmod
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 assure	punct
47	but	but	CCONJ	_	49 assure	cc
48	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	49 assure	nsubj
49	assure	assure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 drew	conj
50	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	49 assure	iobj
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 matter	nsubj
52	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 matter	aux
53	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	56 matter	cop
54	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	56 matter	det
55	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 matter	amod
56	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 assure	parataxis
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 tore	punct
58	for	for	SCONJ	_	61 tore	mark
59	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 tore	nsubj
60	even	even	ADV	_	61 tore	advmod
61	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 matter	parataxis
62	up	up	ADP	_	61 tore	compound:prt
63	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 tore	obj
64	in	in	ADP	_	66 struggle	case
65	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 struggle	nmod:poss
66	struggle	struggle	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 tore	obl
67	to	to	PART	_	68 defend	mark
68	defend	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 struggle	acl
69	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	68 defend	obj
70	;	;	PUNCT	_	73 that	punct
71	but	but	CCONJ	_	73 that	cc
72	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	73 that	det
73	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 drew	obj
74	’s	'	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 that	appos
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 use	case
76	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	77 use	det
77	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 ’s	nmod
78	against	against	ADP	_	79 one	case
79	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	77 use	nmod
80	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	81 slays	nsubj
81	slays	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	79 one	acl:relcl
82	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	83 men	nummod
83	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 slays	obj
84	at	at	ADP	_	86 blow	case
85	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	86 blow	det
86	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 slays	obl
87	.	.	PUNCT	_	79 one	punct
88	”	"	PUNCT	_	73 that	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	tailor	tailor's sword					vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent sword=Beneficiary that=Result
2	give	past	tailor not said here	each		the breast			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent each=Recipient thrust=Theme on breast=Asset
3	go	past	tailor not said here			the horsemen	then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to horseman=Initial_Location
4	say speech: assert	past	tailor not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	do in a quote	present · passive		the deed					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
6	have in a quote	present	tailor						tree rules
7	put in a quote	infinitive	tailor not said here	a end				to the two of horsemen	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal
8	assure in a quote	present	tailor		you				vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
9	is a in a quote	present · perfect	it	no easy matter					tree rules
10	tore up in a quote	past	horsemen = horseman	trees		horsemen's struggle			tree rules
11	defend in a quote	to-infinitive	horsemen = horseman not said here	horsemen = horseman					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary
12	slay in a quote	present		seven men		a blow			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
13	struggle in a quote		horsemen = horseman						nom struggle «act intransitive»: 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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