--- title: Thumbelina had to sing to him, so she sang ‘Lady-bird, lady-bird, fl… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thumbelina had to sing to him, so she sang ‘Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home!’ and other songs so prettily that the mole fell in love with her; but he did not say anything, he was a very cautious man. Who acts: Thumbelina, mole, neighbour. 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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 (Thumbelina, mole, neighbour), 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:pg640:47:150 # text = Thumbelina had to sing to him, so she sang ‘Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home!’ and other songs so prettily that the mole fell in love with her; but he did not say anything, he was a very cautious man. 1 Thumbelina Thumbelina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 home home ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ! ! PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 prettily prettily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 44 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 very very ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 cautious cautious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Thumbelina | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | Thumbelina *not said here* | | neighbour | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | THUMBELINA | Lady bird and lady bird | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bird=Theme | | 4 | **fly away** | infinitive | | | | | | away, home *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | the mole | | | love | | with THUMBELINA | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 6 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | neighbour | anything | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | | 7 | **is a** | past | neighbour | a cautious man | | | | | tree rules | 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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/151/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)