--- title: One night she was woke up at midnight, and when she went downstairs,… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One night she was woke up at midnight, and when she went downstairs, she saw a strange squinny-eyed, little ugly old fellow, who asked her to come to his wife who was too ill to mind her baby. Who acts: Dame, strange eyed ugly old fellow, 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 (Dame, strange eyed ugly old fellow, 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:pg7439:46:2 # text = One night she was woke up at midnight, and when she went downstairs, she saw a strange squinny-eyed, little ugly old fellow, who asked her to come to his wife who was too ill to mind her baby. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 14 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 19 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 20 squinny squinny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 too too ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Dame | | | | midnight; night | wake *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | Dame | | | | | downstairs *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Dame | a strange eyed ugly old fellow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fellow=Stimulus | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | a strange eyed ugly old fellow | | Dame | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a strange eyed ugly old fellow *not said here* | | | | | to his wife | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wife=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | past | his wife | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **mind** | to-infinitive | his wife *not said here* | Dame's baby | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/3/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Ointment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/46/)