--- title: They could not talk of this so secretly, but they were overheard by… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: They could not talk of this so secretly, but they were overheard by Little Thumb, who made account to get out of this difficulty as well as the former; but though he got up betimes in the morning, to go and pick up some little pebbles, he was disappointed; for he found the house-door double-locked, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/69/) [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/) / 69 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"\], sentence 69 They could not talk of this so secretly, but they were overheard by Little Thumb, who made account to get out of this difficulty as well as the former; but though he got up betimes in the morning, to go and pick up some little pebbles, he was disappointed; for he found the house-door double-locked, and was at a stand what to do. **Who acts:** children, Little Thumb, Thumb · **What happens:** not talk, overhear, make, get out, get up, go · **To what, where:** children, account, difficulty, little pebbles, house door, stand 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 (children, Little Thumb, 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:pg29021:14:69 # text = They could not talk of this so secretly, but they were overheard by Little Thumb, who made account to get out of this difficulty as well as the former; but though he got up betimes in the morning, to go and pick up some little pebbles, he was disappointed; for he found the house-door double-locked, and was at a stand what to do. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 overheard overhear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 31 cc _ _ 28 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 fixed _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 betimes betimes ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 50 det _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 pebbles pebble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 disappointed disappointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 56 for for SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 60 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 63 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 68 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 69 at at ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 72 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 74 obj _ _ 73 to to PART TO _ 74 mark _ _ 74 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **talk** | could | children *= child* | | | | | of this; secretly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **overhear** | past · passive | Little Thumb | children *= child* | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | past | Little Thumb | account | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Product | | 4 | **get out** | to-infinitive | Little Thumb *not said here* | this difficulty | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **get up** | past | Thumb | | | | morning | betimes *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **pick up** | infinitive | | some little pebbles | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Topic | | 8 | **is** | past | Thumb | | | | | disappointed *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **find** | past | Thumb | the house door | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Topic | | 10 | **lock** | participle | Thumb *not said here* | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **is** | past | | | | a stand | | | tree rules | | 12 | **do** | to-infinitive | Thumb *not said here* | a stand | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/70/) - ↑ back to [Upon Earth"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/)