--- title: At midnight, while he was keeping watch and everyone else was sleepi… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At midnight, while he was keeping watch and everyone else was sleeping, the man bade his friend Tiidu follow him on deck, where he tied a rope round Tiidu’s body, fastening the other end carefully to one of the ship’s ropes. Who acts: Tiidu, watch, man, friend. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tiidu, watch, man, friend), 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:pg2435:11:22 # text = At midnight, while he was keeping watch and everyone else was sleeping, the man bade his friend Tiidu follow him on deck, where he tied a rope round Tiidu’s body, fastening the other end carefully to one of the ship’s ropes. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 8 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 conj _ _ 11 else else ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 21 follow follow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 round round ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 fastening fasten VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 ropes rope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · progressive | Tiidu | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sleep** | past · progressive | watch | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bade** | past | the man | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **follow** | present | Tiidu's friend | Tiidu | | deck | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme on deck=Trajectory | | 5 | **tie** | past | Tiidu | a rope | | | | round Tiidu's body | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient | | 6 | **fasten** | gerund | Tiidu *not said here* | the other end | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent end=Patient one=Result | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/23/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/)