--- title: When he awoke he got up to explore the island, and see if there were… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he awoke he got up to explore the island, and see if there were any men upon it; but though he found streams and fruit trees in abundance, there was no trace either of man or beast. Who acts: he, men, trace. 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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 (he, men, trace), 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:pg2435:12:1 # text = When he awoke he got up to explore the island, and see if there were any men upon it; but though he found streams and fruit trees in abundance, there was no trace either of man or beast. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 explore explore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 26 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 37 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 36 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get up** | past | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **explore** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the island | | | | | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent island=Location | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | any men upon island | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past | he | streams and fruit trees | | abundance | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Topic | | 7 | **be** | past | no trace either | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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: [The Crimson Fairy Book, part…, 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/93/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/2/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)