--- title: But before she went to sleep the girl turned to her husband, and sai… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But before she went to sleep the girl turned to her husband, and said: “If in your dreams you fancy that you hear strange noises, be sure you do not stir, or get up to see what it is.” Who acts: sun, girl, you, rest. 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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 (sun, girl, you, rest), 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:pg3282:20:51 # text = But before she went to sleep the girl turned to her husband, and said: “If in your dreams you fancy that you hear strange noises, be sure you do not stir, or get up to see what it is.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 before before SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 If if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 fancy fancy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 27 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 noises noise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | sun | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | sun *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **turn** | past | the girl | | | | | to girl's husband *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to husband=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fancy** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | your dreams | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **hear** *in a quote* | present | you | strange noises | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **stir** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **get up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | rest | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **dream** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/52/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/)