--- title: But Tom Thumb was too quick for them, he sprang into a corner, and h… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: But Tom Thumb was too quick for them, he sprang into a corner, and hiding himself behind a coin, so that nothing of him was visible, he made fun of the sentinels; crying "I am here!" Who acts: Tom Thumb, thumb, nothing. 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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 Thumb, thumb, nothing), 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:pg11027:22:32 # text = But Tom Thumb was too quick for them, he sprang into a corner, and hiding himself behind a coin, so that nothing of him was visible, he made fun of the sentinels; crying "I am here!" 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 behind behind ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 23 so so SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sentinels sentinel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tom Thumb | | | | | for coins *= coin*; quick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **spring** | past | thumb | | | a corner | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into corner=Destination | | 3 | **hide** | gerund | thumb *not said here* | thumb | | a coin | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient behind coin=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | nothing | | | | | visible *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past | thumb | fun of the sentinels | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Product | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | thumb *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | thumb | | | | | here *property* | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/33/) - ↑ back to [The Travels of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/22/)