it is an adverb, unless you would mean: the awake ( as a label for a group of people).

You are awake. compare: you drink much.

adverbs are a coloration of verbs, like adjectives ( towards the throw-like= projection) color nouns ( names)

In Europe, and especially in French, the whole pronoun debate is moot . Identity card, passports contain two phrases:

1. pronoun
2. name

So, Stew Peters, if he would have had a EU-ID, his pronoun would be Stew, and his name would be Peters.

or, in case of Melania Trump, her pronoun would be Melania, and her name: Trump.

this differs from designations in the US, I think. However, since ID's evolved under auspice of the francophile Universal Postal Union, it would not surprise me if that has been or is being harmonized

so, in essence, The EU court of human Rights of late, I think it was 2 weeks ago, ruled that everybody's identity should be accepted as it is given by a person. ( article 6 iccpr)

it's a mess.....

it reminds me of the Monty Python scene in Life of Brian: the stoning scene: who did it? him.....