--- title: Little Thumb climbed up to the top of a tree, to see if he could dis… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Little Thumb climbed up to the top of a tree, to see if he could discover anything; and having turned his head about on every side, he saw at last a glimmering light, like that of a candle, but a long way from the forest. Who acts: Little Thumb, 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, 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:pg503:33:56 # text = Little Thumb climbed up to the top of a tree, to see if he could discover anything; and having turned his head about on every side, he saw at last a glimmering light, like that of a candle, but a long way from the forest. 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 nsubj _ _ 22 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 glimmering glimmer VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 amod _ _ 36 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | past | Little Thumb | | | the top of a tree | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Little Thumb *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **discover** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | thumb | anything | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | | 4 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **turn** | past | | thumb's head | | every side | | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | thumb | a glimmering light | | last | | | tree rules | | 7 | **glimmer** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/57/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)