--- title: At night, when he is asleep, you must get up very quietly, and faste… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At night, when he is asleep, you must get up very quietly, and fasten the thread round his left foot as firmly as possible; and you will see in the morning he will not have changed back into a Pig, but will still be a man. Who acts: teller, you. 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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 (teller, you), 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:pg540:12:103 # text = At night, when he is asleep, you must get up very quietly, and fasten the thread round his left foot as firmly as possible; and you will see in the morning he will not have changed back into a Pig, but will still be a man. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fasten fasten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 round round ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 back back ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 48 still still ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | teller | | | | night | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get up** | must | you | | | | | quietly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **fasten** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the thread | | | | round teller's left foot; firmly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Patient | | 4 | **see** | future | you | | | | morning | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **change back** | future · perfect | teller | the morning *not said here* | | | | into a Pig *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent morning=Patient into pig=Result | | 6 | **is a** | future | | a man | | | still | | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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/pg540/12/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/104/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/)