--- title: ‘At the earliest dawn of day Mirlifiche woke me, and made me take ma… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘At the earliest dawn of day Mirlifiche woke me, and made me take many journeys to the stable to bring her word how her unicorn had slept, and how much hay he had eaten, and then to find out what time it was, and if it was a fine day. Who acts: me, hay, Mirlifiche. 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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 (me, hay, Mirlifiche), 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:pg7277:38:13 # text = ‘At the earliest dawn of day Mirlifiche woke me, and made me take many journeys to the stable to bring her word how her unicorn had slept, and how much hay he had eaten, and then to find out what time it was, and if it was a fine day. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 At at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 Mirlifiche Mirlifiche PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 9 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 journeys journey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 unicorn unicorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 33 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 45 det _ _ 45 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake** | past | | me | | | dawn | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **make** | past | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | me *not said here* | many journeys | | the stable | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent journey=Theme to stable=Destination | | 4 | **bring** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | Mirlifiche's word | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **sleep** | past · perfect · passive | | Mirlifiche's unicorn | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **eat** | past · perfect · passive | | much hay | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **find out** | to-infinitive | | | | | then; time | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | hay | a fine day | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **word** | | Mirlifiche | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/14/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)