--- title: He stood on tiptoe gazing and gazing, till the candle in the attic w… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He stood on tiptoe gazing and gazing, till the candle in the attic was put out; the student had blown it out and had gone to bed, but the Goblin remained standing outside listening to the music, which very softly and sweetly was now singing the student a lullaby. Who acts: music, Goblin, standing. 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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 (music, Goblin, standing), 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:pg5615:2:64 # text = He stood on tiptoe gazing and gazing, till the candle in the attic was put out; the student had blown it out and had gone to bed, but the Goblin remained standing outside listening to the music, which very softly and sweetly was now singing the student a lullaby. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tiptoe tiptoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 till till ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 attic attic NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 student student NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Goblin Goblin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 csubj _ _ 36 outside outside ADP IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 softly softly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 44 conj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 49 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 student student NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 lullaby lullaby NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | music | | | tiptoe | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tiptoe=Location | | 2 | **gaze** | gerund | music *not said here* | | | | till the candle | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **gaze** | gerund | music *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **put out** | past · passive | | the candle *not said here* | | the attic | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in attic=Destination | | 5 | **blow out** | past · perfect · passive | | the student | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Product | | 6 | **go** | past · perfect | | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **remain** | past | the Goblin | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **listen** | gerund | | | | | | to the music | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to music=Theme | | 10 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | standing | a lullaby | the student | | now | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent student=Beneficiary lullaby=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/65/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/2/)