---
title: wakeful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wakeful» in the school dictionary: Not able to sleep, or awake when you would normally sleep. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakeful/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/) / wakeful

# wakeful

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** you, storm, baby, Fizzy drinks, wakeful guard, She · **What happens:** sleep, give, be, cry, make, watch · **To what, where:** us, you, gate, apple tree, apples, ashes

<!-- .vabout -->
«wakeful» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [wakeful in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wakeful.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not able to sleep, or awake when you would normally sleep.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wakeful:m1:1
# text = Not able to sleep, or awake when you would normally sleep.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	normally	normally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sleep** | would | you |  |  |  |  | normally *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Watchful and alert.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wakeful:m2:1
# text = Watchful and alert.
1	Watchful	watchful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	alert	alert	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The storm gave us a wakeful night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wakeful:x1:1
# text = The storm gave us a wakeful night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wakeful	wakeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the storm |  | us |  | night |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The baby was wakeful and cried until morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wakeful:x2:1
# text = The baby was wakeful and cried until morning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wakeful	wakeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the baby |  |  |  |  | wakeful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the baby *not said here* |  |  |  | morning |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fizzy drinks before bed can make you wakeful.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wakeful:x3:1
# text = Fizzy drinks before bed can make you wakeful.
1	Fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	wakeful	wakeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | Fizzy drinks before bed | you |  |  |  | wakeful *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wakeful guard watched the gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wakeful:x4:1
# text = A wakeful guard watched the gate.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wakeful	wakeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | a wakeful guard | the gate |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She lay wakeful, thinking about the trip.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wakeful:x5:1
# text = She lay wakeful, thinking about the trip.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wakeful	wakeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | She |  |  |  |  | wakeful *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the trip | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about trip=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The puppy was wakeful on its first night at home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wakeful:x6:1
# text = The puppy was wakeful on its first night at home.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wakeful	wakeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the puppy |  |  |  | night | wakeful *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The nobleman felt that he must taste of these apples or die; but the wakeful huntsman rushed up and cut down the apple-tree, whereupon apples and apple-tree turned to ashes.

<!-- fold The tree, 32 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wakeful:x7:1
# text = The nobleman felt that he must taste of these apples or die; but the wakeful huntsman rushed up and cut down the apple-tree, whereupon apples and apple-tree turned to ashes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	wakeful	wakeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	rushed	rush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
22	down	down	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
24	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	conj	_	_
29	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
31	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
34	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	acl	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | the nobleman |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **taste** | must | nobleman |  |  |  |  | of this apples | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **die** | infinitive | nobleman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **rush up** | participle | the wakeful huntsman |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **cut down** | participle | the wakeful huntsman *not said here* | the apple tree |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product |
| 6 | **turn** | participle |  | apples and apple tree *not said here* |  | ashes |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ash=Trajectory |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [wake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wake/)
- next →: [wakefulness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wakefulness/)
- ↑ back to [W in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/)