--- title: Little Thumb was as good as his word, and returned that very same ni… — The Blue Fairy Book · 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. Who acts: Little Thumb, first expedition, King, thumb. 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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, first expedition, King, 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:pg503:33:136 # 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. 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 : _ 32 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 25 causing cause VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 33 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . 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 | whatever | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whatever=Stimulus | | 6 | **pay** | past | the King | thumb | | | | well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset | | 7 | **carry** | gerund | the King *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 | **word** | | thumb | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **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 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/137/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)