--- title: ‘What is the matter with me?’ she thought, but somehow or other she… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘What is the matter with me?’ she thought, but somehow or other she managed to reach the hut, and threw herself down in a corner, where she slept so soundly that for days no one was able to wake her. Who acts: body, one. 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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 (body, one), 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:pg3454:22:87 # text = ‘What is the matter with me?’ she thought, but somehow or other she managed to reach the hut, and threw herself down in a corner, where she slept so soundly that for days no one was able to wake her. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 26 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 soundly soundly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the matter | | | | with me | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | body | | | | | somehow *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **manage** | past | body | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **reach** | to-infinitive | body *not said here* | the hut | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hut=Theme | | 5 | **throw down** | past | | body | | a corner | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in corner=Destination | | 6 | **sleep** | past | body | | | | | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | no one | | | | day | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **wake** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | body | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/88/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)