The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"], sentence 161

Little Thumb was as good as his word, and returned that very same night with the news; and this first expedition causing him to be known, he got whatever he pleased; for the King paid him very well for carrying his orders to the army, and abundance of ladies gave him what he would to bring them news from their lovers; and that this was his greatest gain.

Who acts: Little Thumb, first expedition, abundance, Thumb, this · What happens: be, return, cause, know, get, pay · To what, where: Thumb, orders, army, lovers, greatest gain

This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Little Thumb, first expedition, abundance, Thumb), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Thumb	amod
2	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 good	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 good	cop
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 good	advmod
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 word	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 word	nmod:poss
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 good	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 returned	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 returned	cc
11	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 good	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 night	mark
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 same	advmod
14	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 night	amod
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 returned	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 news	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 news	det
18	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 night	nmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 got	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 got	cc
21	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 expedition	det
22	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	23 expedition	amod
23	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 got	nsubj
24	causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 expedition	acl
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 causing	obj
26	to	to	PART	_	28 known	mark
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	28 known	aux:pass
28	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 causing	advcl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 expedition	punct
30	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 got	nsubj
31	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 good	parataxis
32	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 pleased	nsubj
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 pleased	nsubj
34	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 got	xcomp
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 paid	punct
36	for	for	ADP	_	38 King	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 King	det
38	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 paid	obl
39	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 got	conj
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 paid	obj
41	very	very	ADV	_	42 well	advmod
42	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	39 paid	advmod
43	for	for	SCONJ	_	44 carrying	mark
44	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 paid	advcl
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 orders	nmod:poss
46	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 carrying	obj
47	to	to	ADP	_	49 army	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 army	det
49	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 carrying	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 gave	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 gave	cc
52	abundance	abundance	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 gave	nsubj
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 ladies	case
54	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 abundance	nmod
55	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 got	conj
56	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 gave	iobj
57	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	61 bring	obj
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 bring	nsubj
59	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 bring	aux
60	to	to	PART	_	61 bring	mark
61	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 gave	ccomp
62	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 bring	obj
63	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 bring	obj
64	from	from	ADP	_	66 lovers	case
65	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 lovers	nmod:poss
66	lovers	lover	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 bring	obl
67	;	;	PUNCT	_	74 gain	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 gain	cc
69	that	that	SCONJ	_	74 gain	mark
70	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	74 gain	nsubj
71	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 gain	cop
72	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	74 gain	nmod:poss
73	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	74 gain	amod
74	gain	gain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 good	obl
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 good	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Little Thumb					as Thumb's word; good property	tree rules
2	return	past	Little Thumb not said here				night		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cause	gerund	this first expedition not said here	Thumb					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition he=Patient
4	know	to-infinitive · passive	this first expedition not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»
5	get	past	this first expedition					pleased property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
6	pay	past	this first expedition not said here	Thumb				for the King; well property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for king=Theme
7	carry	gerund	this first expedition not said here	Thumb's orders		the army			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent order=Theme to army=Destination
8	give	past	abundance of ladies		Thumb				tree rules
9	bring	would	Thumb	orders = order		orders's lovers			tree rules
10	is a	past	this	Thumb's greatest gain					tree rules
11	word		Thumb						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent
12	order		Thumb						nom order «communication transitive»: poss=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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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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