--- title: So Master Thumb stayed at home with his father and mother, in peace;… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So Master Thumb stayed at home with his father and mother, in peace; for though he had been so great a traveller, and had done and seen so many fine things, and was fond enough of telling the whole story, he always agreed that, after all, there’s no place like HOME! Who acts: Master Thumb, father. 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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 (Master Thumb, father), 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:pg2591:25:105 # text = So Master Thumb stayed at home with his father and mother, in peace; for though he had been so great a traveller, and had done and seen so many fine things, and was fond enough of telling the whole story, he always agreed that, after all, there’s no place like HOME! 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 17 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 39 enough enough ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 of of SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 48 advmod _ _ 48 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 49 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 after after ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 55 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 56 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 57 det _ _ 57 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 like like ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 HOME home NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | Master Thumb | | | home | | with thumb's father and mother | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | father | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | Master Thumb *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | participle | Master Thumb *not said here* | many fine things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | enough, fond *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the whole story | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 7 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | father | that | | | after all | always *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent that=Topic | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/106/) - ↑ back to [Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/25/)