--- title: But though he rubbed his eyes and did everything he could to keep hi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But though he rubbed his eyes and did everything he could to keep himself awake it was all in vain, for the Bushy Bride crooned and sang till his eyes were fast closed, and when the beautiful young maiden came he was sound asleep and snoring. 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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 (King, kitchen, Bushy Bride, beautiful young maiden), 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:pg540:47:82 # text = But though he rubbed his eyes and did everything he could to keep himself awake it was all in vain, for the Bushy Bride crooned and sang till his eyes were fast closed, and when the beautiful young maiden came he was sound asleep and snoring. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 awake awake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Bushy bushy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Bride Bride PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 crooned croon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 sound sound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 parataxis _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 snoring snore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | past | King | King's eyes | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | | everything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | King | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **awake** | infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | kitchen | | | | | all, vain *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **croon** *speech: other* | past | the Bushy Bride | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the Bushy Bride *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **close** | past · passive | | King's eyes | | | | fast *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **come** | past | the beautiful young maiden | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | King | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **snore** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/83/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)