--- title: “If you sleep well during the might there MAY be a chance for you,”… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “If you sleep well during the might there MAY be a chance for you,” said she, shaking her head, as she tucked him up warmly; “but if not—” And of course the poor man never closed an eye till the sun rose. Who acts: you, branch, poor man, sun. 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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 (you, branch, poor man, sun), 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:pg3282:29:91 # text = “If you sleep well during the might there MAY be a chance for you,” said she, shaking her head, as she tucked him up warmly; “but if not—” And of course the poor man never closed an eye till the sun rose. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 during during ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 8 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 10 MAY may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 tucked tuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 30 warmly warmly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 — - PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 45 advmod _ _ 40 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 fixed _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 closed close VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 46 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 till till SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | for you; well *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | during the chance | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | branch | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shake** | gerund | branch *not said here* | branch's head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **tuck up** | past | branch | | man | | | warmly *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | | 6 | **not** **close** | past | the poor man | a eye | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 7 | **rise** | past | the sun | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/92/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/29/)