--- title: It seems that, when I was discovered sleeping on the ground after my… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It seems that, when I was discovered sleeping on the ground after my landing, the Emperor had early notice of it, and determined that I should be tied in the manner I have related (which was done in the night, while I slept), that plenty of meat and drink should be sent me, and a machine prepared to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/55/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/) / 55 # The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter I, sentence 55 It seems that, when I was discovered sleeping on the ground after my landing, the Emperor had early notice of it, and determined that I should be tied in the manner I have related (which was done in the night, while I slept), that plenty of meat and drink should be sent me, and a machine prepared to carry me to the capital city. **Who acts:** It, Emperor, I · **What happens:** seem, discover, sleep, have, determine, tie · **To what, where:** I, ground, early notice, manner, plenty, machine This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter I. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, Emperor, I), 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:pg503:43:55 # text = It seems that, when I was discovered sleeping on the ground after my landing, the Emperor had early notice of it, and determined that I should be tied in the manner I have related (which was done in the night, while I slept), that plenty of meat and drink should be sent me, and a machine prepared to carry me to the capital city. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 9 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 xcomp _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 landing landing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 37 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 while while SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 51 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ _ 57 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 parataxis _ _ 60 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 68 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | It | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **discover** | past · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | the ground | after my landing | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | the Emperor | early notice of notice | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Patient | | 5 | **determine** | past | the Emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **tie** | should · passive | | I | | the manner | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **have** | present | I | | | | | related *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **do** | past · passive | | | | | night | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 9 | **sleep** | past | I | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **send** | should · passive | | that plenty of meat and drink | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination i=Theme | | 11 | **prepare** | participle · passive | | a machine | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 12 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | me | | the capital city | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to city=Destination | | 13 | **notice** | | | notice | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/56/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/)