--- title: Now, at last, Tom Thumb was really out in the wide world, and he wen… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Now, at last, Tom Thumb was really out in the wide world, and he went on cheerily, and after a time was engaged by a master tailor; but here the food was not so good as his mother's, and it was not to his taste. Who acts: Tom, master tailor, food. 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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 (Tom, master tailor, food), 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:pg11027:22:10 # text = Now, at last, Tom Thumb was really out in the wide world, and he went on cheerily, and after a time was engaged by a master tailor; but here the food was not so good as his mother's, and it was not to his taste. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 really really ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 out out ADV RB _ 4 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 on on ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 cheerily cheerily ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 after after ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tom | | | the wide world | | out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go on** | past | Tom | | | | | cheerily *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **engage** | past · passive | a master tailor | | | | time | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | the food | | | here | | as Tom's mother; good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | food | | | | | to Tom's taste | tree rules | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/11/) - ↑ back to [The Travels of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/)