--- title: But he was very sleepy, and in spite of all his efforts he felt he c… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he was very sleepy, and in spite of all his efforts he felt he could not keep awake much longer, when he heard the sound of the robbers returning, shouting and singing as they marched along. Who acts: Prince, robbers. 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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 (Prince, robbers), 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:pg2435:14:102 # text = But he was very sleepy, and in spite of all his efforts he felt he could not keep awake much longer, when he heard the sound of the robbers returning, shouting and singing as they marched along. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 efforts effort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 20 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 21 much much ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 conj _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 along along ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | sleepy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | past | Prince | | | spite of Prince's efforts | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **keep** | could | Prince | | | | | awake, long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | past | Prince | the sound of the robbers | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 5 | **return** | gerund | the robbers *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the robbers *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the robbers *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **march** | past | robbers *= robber* | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **spite** | | | Prince's efforts | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/103/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/)