The Blue Fairy Book, Little Thumb, sentence 136
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.
Who acts: Little Thumb, first expedition, King, thumb · What happens: be, return, cause, know, get, pay · To what, where: thumb, whatever, orders, army
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Little Thumb. 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, King, 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 | _ | 32 got | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 got | cc |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 expedition | punct |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 expedition | det |
| 23 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 24 expedition | amod |
| 24 | expedition | expedition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 got | nsubj |
| 25 | causing | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 expedition | acl |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 causing | obj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 known | mark |
| 28 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 known | aux:pass |
| 29 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 causing | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 expedition | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 got | nsubj |
| 32 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 good | parataxis |
| 33 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 got | obj |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 pleased | nsubj |
| 35 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 paid | punct |
| 37 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 paid | mark |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 King | det |
| 39 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 paid | nsubj |
| 40 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 got | conj |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 paid | obj |
| 42 | very | very | ADV | _ | 43 well | advmod |
| 43 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 paid | advmod |
| 44 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 45 carrying | mark |
| 45 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 paid | advcl |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 orders | nmod:poss |
| 47 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 carrying | obj |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 army | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 army | det |
| 50 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 carrying | obl |
| 51 | . | . | 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 | whatever | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whatever=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | pay | past | the King | thumb | well property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset | |||
| 7 | carry | gerund | the King 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 | word | thumb | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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