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# English Fairy Tales, The History of Tom Thumb, sentence 55

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The king sent for Tom in great haste, but being fully aware of the danger of royal anger, he crept into an empty snail-shell, where he lay for a long time until he was almost starved with hunger; but at last he ventured to peep out, and seeing a fine large butterfly on the ground, near the place of his concealment, he got close to it and jumping astride on it, was carried up into the air.

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**Who acts:** king · **What happens:** send, be, creep, lie, starve, venture · **To what, where:** king, great haste, empty snail shell, last, fine large butterfly, ground

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This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The History of Tom Thumb. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7439:28:55
# text = The king sent for Tom in great haste, but being fully aware of the danger of royal anger, he crept into an empty snail-shell, where he lay for a long time until he was almost starved with hunger; but at last he ventured to peep out, and seeing a fine large butterfly on the ground, near the place of his concealment, he got close to it and jumping astride on it, was carried up into the air.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	haste	haste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
12	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	aware	aware	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
24	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
25	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
26	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	32	advmod	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
37	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
39	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux:pass	_	_
40	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	starved	starve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	advcl	_	_
42	with	with	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	at	at	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	last	last	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	ventured	venture	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	peep	peep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	xcomp	_	_
52	out	out	ADP	RP	_	51	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	49	advcl	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
57	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
58	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	_
60	on	on	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
64	near	near	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
69	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
71	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	nsubj	_	_
72	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	parataxis	_	_
73	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	xcomp	_	_
74	to	to	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	obl	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
77	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	72	conj	_	_
78	astride	astride	ADV	RB	_	77	advmod	_	_
79	on	on	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	77	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	_
82	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	83	aux:pass	_	_
83	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	parataxis	_	_
84	up	up	ADP	RP	_	83	compound:prt	_	_
85	into	into	ADP	IN	_	87	case	_	_
86	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
87	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  | the king *not said here* |  | great haste |  | for Tom | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in haste=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of the danger of royal anger; aware, fully *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **creep** | past | the king |  |  | a empty snail shell |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into shell=Destination |
| 4 | **lie** | past | king |  |  |  | time |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **starve** | past · passive |  | king |  |  |  | with hunger; almost *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **venture** | past | king |  |  | last |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **peep out** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **see** | gerund | king *not said here* | a fine large butterfly |  | the ground |  | near the place of king's concealment | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer butterfly=Stimulus |
| 9 | **get** | past | king |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 10 | **jump** | gerund | king *not said here* |  |  | concealment |  | astride *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory |
| 11 | **carry up** | past · passive |  |  |  | the air |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» |
| 12 | **conceal** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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