--- title: He rubbed his eyes, and began to recall the events of the night, thi… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He rubbed his eyes, and began to recall the events of the night, thinking he must have been dreaming; but for all that, he could not make out how he came to be in this place. Who acts: stranger. 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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 (stranger), 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:pg641:25:22 # text = He rubbed his eyes, and began to recall the events of the night, thinking he must have been dreaming; but for all that, he could not make out how he came to be in this place. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 recall recall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux _ _ 21 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | past | stranger | stranger's eyes | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **recall** | to-infinitive | stranger *not said here* | the events of the night | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **dream** | must · perfect · progressive | stranger | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **make out** | could | stranger | | | | | for all | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **come** | past | stranger | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | to-infinitive | stranger *not said here* | | | this place | | | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/23/) - ↑ back to [The Underground Workers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/25/)