--- title: I got into bed, and couldn’t sleep for a long time; and when I exami… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I got into bed, and couldn’t sleep for a long time; and when I examined my five guineas this morning, that I left in the table drawer the last thing, I found five withered leaves of oak--bad luck to the giver!’ Who acts: I, morning, five. 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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 (I, morning, five), 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:pg3454:6:116 # text = I got into bed, and couldn’t sleep for a long time; and when I examined my five guineas this morning, that I left in the table drawer the last thing, I found five withered leaves of oak--bad luck to the giver!’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 examined examine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 guineas guinea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 drawer drawer NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nsubj _ _ 39 withered wither VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 40 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | I | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into bed=Destination | | 2 | **not** **sleep** | could | I *not said here* | | | | time | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **examine** | past | I | my five guineas | | | morning | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guinea=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | past | this morning | the last thing | | the table drawer | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Theme in drawer=Location | | 5 | **find** | past | I | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **wither** | past | five | leaves of oak | | | | | tree rules | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/117/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/6/)