--- title: Thumbelina pleased him, and she, too, was delighted, for now the toa… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thumbelina pleased him, and she, too, was delighted, for now the toads could not reach her, and it was so beautiful where she was travelling; the sun shone on the water and made it sparkle like the brightest silver. Who acts: leaf, toads, land. 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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 (leaf, toads, land), 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:pg640:47:109 # text = Thumbelina pleased him, and she, too, was delighted, for now the toads could not reach her, and it was so beautiful where she was travelling; the sun shone on the water and made it sparkle like the brightest silver. 1 Thumbelina Thumbelina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 toads toad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 34 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 sparkle sparkle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 brightest bright ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 45 amod _ _ 45 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | leaf | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **reach** | could | the toads | leaf | | | now | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | land | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **travel** | past · progressive | leaf | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **shine** | participle | | the sun *not said here* | | the water | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Location | | 6 | **make** | past | | land | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sparkle** | infinitive | land *not said here* | | | | | like the brightest silver | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/110/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)