--- title: Thumbling had great difficulty in working his way out; however, he s… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Thumbling had great difficulty in working his way out; however, he succeeded so far as to get some room, but, just as he was going to thrust his head out, a new misfortune occurred. Who acts: great difficulty, pastor, new misfortune. 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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 (great difficulty, pastor, new misfortune), 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:pg11027:17:158 # text = Thumbling had great difficulty in working his way out; however, he succeeded so far as to get some room, but, just as he was going to thrust his head out, a new misfortune occurred. 1 Thumbling thumbl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 however however ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 just just ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 thrust thrust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thumbl** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | great difficulty | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient | | 3 | **work out** | gerund | great difficulty *not said here* | pastor's way | | | | out *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 4 | **succeed** | past | pastor | | | | | far, however *property* | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive | pastor *not said here* | some room | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus | | 6 | **go** | past · progressive | pastor | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **thrust out** | to-infinitive | pastor *not said here* | pastor's head | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 8 | **occur** | past | a new misfortune | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/157/) - next →: [sentence 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/159/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)