--- title: When she thought he was fast asleep, she spoke to him, hoping he wou… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she thought he was fast asleep, she spoke to him, hoping he would answer in the midst of his dreams, as many people do; but he was wide awake all the time, and heard and understood everything very well. Who acts: Princess, son, many people. 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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 (Princess, son, many people), 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:pg7277:47:43 # text = When she thought he was fast asleep, she spoke to him, hoping he would answer in the midst of his dreams, as many people do; but he was wide awake all the time, and heard and understood everything very well. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 wide wide ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 43 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 42 obj _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Princess | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | son | | | | | asleep, fast *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Princess | | son | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **hope** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | would | son | | | the midst of son's dreams | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | present | many people | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | son | | | | time | awake, wide *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **hear** | past | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **understand** | past | | everything | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | | 10 | **dream** | | son | | | | | | nom dream «cognition 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/44/) - ↑ back to [The Riddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/)