--- title: The young man felt like a murderer as he ran hastily up to where the… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man felt like a murderer as he ran hastily up to where the white doe lay, and did his best to soothe the pain she felt, which, in reality, was the last part of the punishment sent by the Fairy of the Fountain. Who acts: young man, man, white doe, Eglantine. 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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, man, white doe, Eglantine), 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:pg3027:24:63 # text = The young man felt like a murderer as he ran hastily up to where the white doe lay, and did his best to soothe the pain she felt, which, in reality, was the last part of the punishment sent by the Fairy of the Fountain. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 murderer murderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 up up ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 doe doe NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 soothe soothe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Fountain Fountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | the young man | | | | | like a murderer | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like murderer=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | man | | | | | hastily *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up where=Trajectory | | 3 | **lay** | present | the white doe | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | past | the young man *not said here* | doe's best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 5 | **soothe** | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | the pain and the last part | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pain=Experiencer | | 6 | **feel** | past | Eglantine | the pain and the last part *not said here* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | the pain and the last part | the last part | | reality | | of the punishment | tree rules | | 8 | **send** | participle | | the punishment *not said here* | | | | by the Fairy of the Fountain | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/64/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/)