--- title: The tiny Thumbelina woke up very early in the morning, and when she… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The tiny Thumbelina woke up very early in the morning, and when she saw where she was she began to cry bitterly; for on every side of the great green leaf was water, and she could not get to the land. Who acts: tiny Thumbelina, THUMBELINA, great green leaf, leaf. 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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 (tiny Thumbelina, THUMBELINA, great green leaf, leaf), 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:pg640:47:95 # text = The tiny Thumbelina woke up very early in the morning, and when she saw where she was she began to cry bitterly; for on every side of the great green leaf was water, and she could not get to the land. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Thumbelina Thumbelina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | past | the tiny Thumbelina | | | | morning | early *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | THUMBELINA | | | | | for every side | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | THUMBELINA | | | | | begin *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | THUMBELINA *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the great green leaf | | | | | of water | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **get** | could | leaf | | | | | to the land *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to land=Result | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/96/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)