--- title: The poor captive, when he awoke from his drunken sleep, tried to tal… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The poor captive, when he awoke from his drunken sleep, tried to talk to them, but no one would listen to him, so he shut himself up altogether, and the people who came to stare took him for a dumb man of the woods. Who acts: poor captive, one, captive, people. 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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 (poor captive, one, captive, people), 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:pg2435:20:73 # text = The poor captive, when he awoke from his drunken sleep, tried to talk to them, but no one would listen to him, so he shut himself up altogether, and the people who came to stare took him for a dumb man of the woods. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 captive captive NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 drunken drunken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 stare stare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | the poor captive | | | captive's drunken sleep | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** | past | the poor captive *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the poor captive *not said here* | | strangers *= stranger* | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **listen** | would | no one | | captive | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | | 5 | **shut up** | past | captive | captive | | | | altogether *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 6 | **come** | past | the people | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stare** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take** | past | the people | captive | | | | for a dumb man of the woods | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for man=Beneficiary | | 9 | **sleep** | | captive | | | | | | nom sleep «state 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/74/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/)