--- title: Night was falling when the man awoke, and throwing proudly some grai… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Night was falling when the man awoke, and throwing proudly some grains of gold on the table to pay for the wine he had drunk, he tucked the cock comfortably into his basket and set out for home. Who acts: man, cock. 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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, cock), 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:pg3282:9:103 # text = Night was falling when the man awoke, and throwing proudly some grains of gold on the table to pay for the wine he had drunk, he tucked the cock comfortably into his basket and set out for home. 1 Night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 11 proudly proudly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 grains grain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 tucked tuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past · progressive | | | | | night | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **awake** | past | the man | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | gerund | | some grains of gold | | the table | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on table=Destination | | 4 | **pay** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for the wine | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for wine=Theme | | 5 | **drink** | past · perfect | cock | the wine *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | | 6 | **tuck** | past | cock | the cock | | cock's basket | | comfortably *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cock=Theme into basket=Destination | | 7 | **set out** | past | cock *not said here* | | | | | for home | vn escape-51.1-1 «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:** «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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/104/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/)