--- title: After the young man had finished his dinner he rose and walked on fo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After the young man had finished his dinner he rose and walked on for several hours, till he reached a second hill, where he threw himself down on the grass, and took some bread and milk from his wallet. Who acts: young man, beggar. 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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 (young man, beggar), 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:pg2435:21:103 # text = After the young man had finished his dinner he rose and walked on for several hours, till he reached a second hill, where he threw himself down on the grass, and took some bread and milk from his wallet. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 till till SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 23 amod _ _ 23 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 down down ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wallet wallet NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | the young man | beggar's dinner | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector dinner=Eventuality | | 2 | **rise** | past | beggar | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **walk on** | past | beggar *not said here* | | | | hour | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **reach** | past | beggar | a second hill | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hill=Theme | | 5 | **throw down** | past | beggar | beggar | | the grass | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on grass=Destination | | 6 | **take** | past | beggar *not said here* | some bread and milk | | beggar's wallet | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent bread=Theme from wallet=Initial\_Location | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/104/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)