--- title: He had not been there long before he began to feel so tired that his… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He had not been there long before he began to feel so tired that his limbs seemed hardly able to support him, and he could not stand upright any longer; so again he lay down and fell fast asleep. Who acts: man, limbs. 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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 (man, limbs), 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:pg2591:47:27 # text = He had not been there long before he began to feel so tired that his limbs seemed hardly able to support him, and he could not stand upright any longer; so again he lay down and fell fast asleep. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 18 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 support support VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 29 upright upright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 any any ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 41 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | man | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | participle | | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **begin** | past | man | | | | | long *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **feel** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | tired *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **seem** | past | man's limbs | | | | | able *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **support** | to-infinitive | man's limbs *not said here* | man | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **stand** | could | man | | | | | long, upright *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **lie down** | past | man | | | | again | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **fall** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | asleep, fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/28/) - ↑ back to [The Raven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/47/)