--- title: But Thumbelina could not sleep that night; so she got out of bed, an… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But Thumbelina could not sleep that night; so she got out of bed, and plaited a great big blanket of straw, and carried it off, and spread it over the dead bird, and piled upon it thistle-down as soft as cotton-wool, which she had found in the field-mouse’s room, so that the poor little thing should --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/168/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/) / 168 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Witch in the Stone Boat(31), sentence 168 But Thumbelina could not sleep that night; so she got out of bed, and plaited a great big blanket of straw, and carried it off, and spread it over the dead bird, and piled upon it thistle-down as soft as cotton-wool, which she had found in the field-mouse’s room, so that the poor little thing should lie warmly buried. **Who acts:** Thumbelina, poor little thing · **What happens:** not sleep, get out, plait, carry off, spread, pile · **To what, where:** bed, great big blanket, blanket, thistle, cotton wool, room This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Witch in the Stone Boat(31). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Thumbelina, poor little thing), 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:pg640:47:168 # text = But Thumbelina could not sleep that night; so she got out of bed, and plaited a great big blanket of straw, and carried it off, and spread it over the dead bird, and piled upon it thistle-down as soft as cotton-wool, which she had found in the field-mouse’s room, so that the poor little thing should lie warmly buried. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Thumbelina Thumbelina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 plaited plait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 blanket blanket NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 piled pile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 parataxis _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 thistle thistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 down down ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 as as ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 wool wool NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl:relcl _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’s 's PART POS _ 60 case _ _ 62 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 64 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 71 mark _ _ 65 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 fixed _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 67 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 68 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 70 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 72 warmly warmly ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sleep** | could | Thumbelina | | | | night | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get out** | past | THUMBELINA | bed | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **plait** | past | THUMBELINA *not said here* | a great big blanket of straw | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blanket=Patient | | 4 | **carry off** | past | THUMBELINA *not said here* | blanket | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **spread** | past | THUMBELINA *not said here* | blanket | | | | over the dead bird | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over bird=Destination | | 6 | **pile** | participle | | thistle | | blanket | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thistle=Theme upon it=Destination | | 7 | **find** | past · perfect · passive | | cotton wool | | the field mouse's room | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 8 | **lie** | should | the poor little thing | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **bury** | participle | the poor little thing *not said here* | | | | | warmly *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 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 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/167/) - next →: [sentence 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/169/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)