--- title: The night following his death, the son dreamed that an unknown man a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The night following his death, the son dreamed that an unknown man appeared to him and said: “Listen to me; your father is dead and your mother will soon die, and all their riches will belong to you. Who acts: night, son, unknown man, father. 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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 (night, son, unknown man, father), 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:pg2435:17:98 # text = The night following his death, the son dreamed that an unknown man appeared to him and said: “Listen to me; your father is dead and your mother will soon die, and all their riches will belong to you. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | the night *not said here* | man's death | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme | | 2 | **dream** | past | the son | | | | night | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **appear** | past | a unknown man | | son | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a unknown man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **listen** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | a unknown man *= man* | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your father | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **die** *in a quote* | future | your mother | | | | | soon *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **belong** *in a quote* | future | besides's riches | | you | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **die** | | man | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/99/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)