--- title: The young man peeped out cautiously to see what all this crowd could… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man peeped out cautiously to see what all this crowd could be doing inside the tiny hut, but in a moment he drew back again, as the girls returned, and looked about as if they wanted to find out what sort of a place the island was. Who acts: crowd, young man, girls, men. 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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 (crowd, young man, girls, men), 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:pg3282:20:29 # text = The young man peeped out cautiously to see what all this crowd could be doing inside the tiny hut, but in a moment he drew back again, as the girls returned, and looked about as if they wanted to find out what sort of a place the island was. 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 26 nsubj _ _ 4 peeped peep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 cautiously cautiously ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 16 inside inside ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 about about ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 46 det _ _ 46 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 52 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peep out** | participle | | the young man *not said here* | | | | cautiously *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | could · progressive | all crowd | | | the tiny hut | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **draw back** | past | the young man | | | | again; moment | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **return** | past | the girls | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look** | past | the girls *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **want** | past | men *= man* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **find out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **be** | past | what sort of a place | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **sort** | | | a place | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/30/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/)