--- title: At midnight my dog became uneasy, and began to whine and creep close… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At midnight my dog became uneasy, and began to whine and creep close to me with his tail between his legs; by this I knew that something was wrong, and, looking about, I saw in the bright moonlight a figure standing beside me. Who acts: dog, I, something, figure. 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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 (dog, I, something, figure), 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:pg2435:15:70 # text = At midnight my dog became uneasy, and began to whine and creep close to me with his tail between his legs; by this I knew that something was wrong, and, looking about, I saw in the bright moonlight a figure standing beside me. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 whine whine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 creep creep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 14 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 between between ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obl _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 36 about about ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 46 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 acl _ _ 47 beside beside ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | my dog | | | | midnight | uneasy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **begin** | past | my dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **whine** | to-infinitive | my dog *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **creep** | infinitive | my dog *not said here* | | | | | with dog's tail between dog's legs; close *property* | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with tail=Theme | | 5 | **know** | past | I | | | | | by this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | something | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **look** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **see** | past | I | | | the bright moonlight | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **stand** | gerund | a figure *not said here* | | | | | beside me | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside i=Location | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/71/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/)