--- title: The outside one, the Thumb, was short and fat; he was outside the ra… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The outside one, the Thumb, was short and fat; he was outside the rank, and had only one bend in his back, and could only make one bow; but he said that if he were cut off from a man that he was no longer any use as a soldier. Who acts: outside one, birth. A sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by An --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/51/53/) [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/) / [A Story About a Darning-needle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/51/) / 53 # The Yellow Fairy Book, A Story About a Darning-needle, sentence 53 The outside one, the Thumb, was short and fat; he was outside the rank, and had only one bend in his back, and could only make one bow; but he said that if he were cut off from a man that he was no longer any use as a soldier. **Who acts:** outside one, birth · **What happens:** be, have, make, say, cut off · **To what, where:** one bend, back, one bow, birth, use · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, A Story About a Darning-needle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (outside one, birth), 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:pg640:51:53 # text = The outside one, the Thumb, was short and fat; he was outside the rank, and had only one bend in his back, and could only make one bow; but he said that if he were cut off from a man that he was no longer any use as a soldier. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 outside outside ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Thumb Thumb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 outside outside ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 bend bend NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 50 no no ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ _ 52 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 53 det _ _ 53 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 advcl _ _ 54 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the outside one | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the outside one *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | birth | | | | | outside the rank | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | | one bend | | birth's back | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bend=Patient | | 5 | **make** | could | | one bow | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bow=Product | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | birth | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **cut off** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | birth | | | | from a man | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from man=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **is a** | past | birth | any use | | | | as a soldier; long *property* | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/51/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/51/54/) - ↑ back to [A Story About a Darning-needle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/51/)