--- title: At length they fell fast asleep, and then I stole softly down, and s… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length they fell fast asleep, and then I stole softly down, and seeing some turf convenient, I placed one under each of their heads, and off I went, with their gold, as fast as I could. Who acts: bags, I, some. 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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 (bags, I, some), 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:pg540:8:74 # text = At length they fell fast asleep, and then I stole softly down, and seeing some turf convenient, I placed one under each of their heads, and off I went, with their gold, as fast as I could. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 softly softly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 17 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 18 nsubj _ _ 18 turf turf VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 19 convenient convenient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 obj _ _ 24 under under ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 off off ADP IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | bags *= bag* | | | length | | asleep, fast *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at length=Location | | 2 | **steal** | past | I | | | | then | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **turf** | present | some | | | | | convenient *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **place** | past | I | one | | each | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme under each=Destination | | 6 | **go** | past | I | | | | | with bags's gold; fast *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with gold=Beneficiary | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/75/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)