--- title: ‘Then my eyes will not close nor will my head lay itself down till I… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Then my eyes will not close nor will my head lay itself down till I fetch my wife and horses home again,’ answered he, and he stopped and noted the tracks of the horses on the grass, and followed after them till he arrived at the wood, when the darkness fell. Who acts: eyes, head, I, man. 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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 (eyes, head, I, man), 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:pg3454:9:67 # text = ‘Then my eyes will not close nor will my head lay itself down till I fetch my wife and horses home again,’ answered he, and he stopped and noted the tracks of the horses on the grass, and followed after them till he arrived at the wood, when the darkness fell. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 8 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 12 cc _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 15 till till SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 fetch fetch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 home home ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 26 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 noted note VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tracks track NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 45 after after ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 till till SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 57 advmod _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **close** | future | my eyes | | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **lie down** | future | my head | head | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fetch** | present | I | my wife and horses | | | again | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | man | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stop** | past | man | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **note** | past | man *not said here* | the tracks of the horses | | the grass | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent track=Topic | | 7 | **follow** | participle | man *not said here* | | | | after eyes *= eye* | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after they=Theme | | 8 | **arrive** | past | man | | | the wood | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **fall** | past | the darkness | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «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 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/68/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/)