--- title: Each of them brought Tiny a present; but the best gift was a pair of… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Each of them brought Tiny a present; but the best gift was a pair of beautiful wings, which had belonged to a large white fly and they fastened them to Tiny's shoulders, so that she might fly from flower to flower. Who acts: Each, best gift, pair, sort. 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C. Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Each, best gift, pair, sort), 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:pg27200:79:178 # text = Each of them brought Tiny a present; but the best gift was a pair of beautiful wings, which had belonged to a large white fly and they fastened them to Tiny's shoulders, so that she might fly from flower to flower. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Tiny Tiny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 belonged belong VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 Tiny Tiny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | Each | a present | Tiny | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent tiny=Destination present=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the best gift | a pair | | | | of beautiful wings | tree rules | | 3 | **belong** | past · perfect | a pair | | | | | to a large white fly | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fasten** | past | sort | wings *= wing* | | | | to Tiny's shoulders | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Patient to shoulder=Co-Patient | | 5 | **fly** | might | Tiny | | | flower | | to flower | vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from flower=Initial\_Location to flower=Destination | 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/177/) - next →: [sentence 179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/179/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)