--- title: Every night when I go home to my Mother I am so tired that I sit and… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Every night when I go home to my Mother I am so tired that I sit and rest for a little while in the wood, and then I hear the Nightingale sing, and it is so wonderful that it always brings tears to my eyes.” Who acts: I, night, sing. 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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 (I, night, sing), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:1:135 # text = Every night when I go home to my Mother I am so tired that I sit and rest for a little while in the wood, and then I hear the Nightingale sing, and it is so wonderful that it always brings tears to my eyes.” 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 rest rest VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 sing sing NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 43 advmod _ _ 43 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 44 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | I | | | | | to my Mother; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mother=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | present | every night | | | | | I *nsubj*; tired *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | present | I | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rest** | present | I *not said here* | | | | while | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | present | I | the Nightingale sing | | | then | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sing=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | present | sing | | | | | wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** | present | sing | tears | | my eyes | | always *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tear=Theme to eye=Destination | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/128/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/1/)