--- title: Little Thumb was as good as his word, and returned that very same ni… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: Little Thumb was as good as his word, and returned that very same night with the news; and this first expedition causing him to be known, he got whatever he pleased; for the King paid him very well for carrying his orders to the army, and abundance of ladies gave him what he would to bring them news --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/161/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / [Upon Earth"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/) / 161 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"\], sentence 161 Little Thumb was as good as his word, and returned that very same night with the news; and this first expedition causing him to be known, he got whatever he pleased; for the King paid him very well for carrying his orders to the army, and abundance of ladies gave him what he would to bring them news from their lovers; and that this was his greatest gain. **Who acts:** Little Thumb, first expedition, abundance, Thumb, this · **What happens:** be, return, cause, know, get, pay · **To what, where:** Thumb, orders, army, lovers, greatest gain This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Little Thumb, first expedition, abundance, Thumb), 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:pg29021:14:161 # text = Little Thumb was as good as his word, and returned that very same night with the news; and this first expedition causing him to be known, he got whatever he pleased; for the King paid him very well for carrying his orders to the army, and abundance of ladies gave him what he would to bring them news from their lovers; and that this was his greatest gain. 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 23 amod _ _ 23 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 24 causing cause VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 39 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ _ 55 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 iobj _ _ 57 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 61 obj _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 ccomp _ _ 62 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 from from ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ; ; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 69 that that SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 70 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 nsubj _ _ 71 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 cop _ _ 72 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 73 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 74 amod _ _ 74 gain gain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Little Thumb | | | | | as Thumb's word; good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | past | Little Thumb *not said here* | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cause** | gerund | this first expedition *not said here* | Thumb | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition he=Patient | | 4 | **know** | to-infinitive · passive | this first expedition *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **get** | past | this first expedition | | | | | pleased *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **pay** | past | this first expedition *not said here* | Thumb | | | | for the King; well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for king=Theme | | 7 | **carry** | gerund | this first expedition *not said here* | Thumb's orders | | the army | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent order=Theme to army=Destination | | 8 | **give** | past | abundance of ladies | | Thumb | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bring** | would | Thumb | orders *= order* | | orders's lovers | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is a** | past | this | Thumb's greatest gain | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **word** | | Thumb | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **order** | | Thumb | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/160/) - next →: [sentence 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/162/) - ↑ back to [Upon Earth"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/)