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title: He then went up, groping all the way, into his daughters’ chamber, a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He then went up, groping all the way, into his daughters’ chamber, and, coming to the bed where the little boys lay, and who were every soul of them fast asleep, except Little Thumb, who was terribly afraid when he found the Ogre fumbling about his head, as he had done about his brothers’, the Ogre,
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# The Blue Fairy Book, Little Thumb, sentence 98

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He then went up, groping all the way, into his daughters’ chamber, and, coming to the bed where the little boys lay, and who were every soul of them fast asleep, except Little Thumb, who was terribly afraid when he found the Ogre fumbling about his head, as he had done about his brothers’, the Ogre, feeling the golden crowns, said:

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**Who acts:** ogre, little boys, Little Thumb · **What happens:** go up, grope, come, lay, be, find · **To what, where:** way, chamber, bed, soul, Ogre, golden crowns · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Little Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ogre, little boys, Little Thumb), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:33:98
# text = He then went up, groping all the way, into his daughters’ chamber, and, coming to the bed where the little boys lay, and who were every soul of them fast asleep, except Little Thumb, who was terribly afraid when he found the Ogre fumbling about his head, as he had done about his brothers’, the Ogre, feeling the golden crowns, said:
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	advcl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	groping	grope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	27	advmod	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj	_	_
27	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
30	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
32	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	33	det	_	_
33	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nmod	_	_
36	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	37	advmod	_	_
37	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	except	except	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	46	nsubj	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
45	terribly	terribly	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	advcl	_	_
47	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	49	advmod	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	advcl	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	fumbling	fumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	49	advcl	_	_
53	about	about	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
57	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
59	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	46	ccomp	_	_
61	about	about	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
69	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	crowns	crown	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
74	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	74	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | ogre |  |  |  | then | except Little Thumb and the Ogre | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **grope** | gerund | ogre *not said here* | all way |  | ogre's daughters's chamber |  |  | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Experiencer |
| 3 | **come** | gerund | ogre *not said here* |  |  | the bed |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **lay** | present | the little boys |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | past |  | every soul |  |  |  | of boys *= boy* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | past | Little Thumb and the Ogre |  |  |  |  | afraid, terribly *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **find** | past | ogre | the Ogre |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ogre=Topic |
| 8 | **fumble** | gerund | ogre *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about ogre's head | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent about head=Location |
| 9 | **do** | past · perfect | ogre |  |  |  |  | about ogre's brothers | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **feel** | gerund | ogre *not said here* | the golden crowns |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme |
| 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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