--- title: Little Thumb heard every word that had been spoken; for observing, a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Little Thumb heard every word that had been spoken; for observing, as he lay in his bed, that they were talking very busily, he got up softly, and hid himself under his father’s stool, that he might hear what they said without being seen. Who acts: Little Thumb, thumb, children. 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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 (Little Thumb, thumb, children), 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:pg503:33:13 # text = Little Thumb heard every word that had been spoken; for observing, as he lay in his bed, that they were talking very busily, he got up softly, and hid himself under his father’s stool, that he might hear what they said without being seen. 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 observing observe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 busily busily ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 softly softly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 under under ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 obj _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 49 without without SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Little Thumb | every word | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | every word | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **observe** | gerund | Little Thumb *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lie** | past | thumb | | | thumb's bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 5 | **talk** | past · progressive | children *= child* | | | | | busily *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get up** | past | thumb | | | | | softly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **hide** | past | Little Thumb *not said here* | thumb | | thumb's father's stool | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient under stool=Location | | 8 | **hear** | might | thumb | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | children *= child* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **see** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/14/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)