--- title: The fisherman slept well and soundly, for he had done a great deal t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fisherman slept well and soundly, for he had done a great deal that day, but his wife could not sleep at all, and turned from one side to another the whole night long, and thought, till she could think no longer, what more she could become. Who acts: fisherman, emperor, wife. 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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 (fisherman, emperor, wife), 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:pg7277:54:179 # text = The fisherman slept well and soundly, for he had done a great deal that day, but his wife could not sleep at all, and turned from one side to another the whole night long, and thought, till she could think no longer, what more she could become. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 soundly soundly ADV RB _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 till till SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 46 no no ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 53 nsubj _ _ 50 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 53 nsubj _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past | the fisherman | | | | | well *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | emperor | a great deal that day | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **sleep** | could | emperor's wife | | | all | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn** | past | the fisherman *not said here* | | | one side | night | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from side=Trajectory | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | could | wife | | | | | long *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **become** | could | | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/54/178/) - next →: [sentence 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/54/180/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Fisherman and His Wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/54/)