--- title: The young man listened to her words, and sprang over the threshold l… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man listened to her words, and sprang over the threshold like an arrow from a bow; and it was well he did, for, no sooner was he on the other side, than his father-in-law threw a great hammer at him, which would have broken both his legs, if it had only touched them. 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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, threshold, bow, father), 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:pg3282:20:65 # text = The young man listened to her words, and sprang over the threshold like an arrow from a bow; and it was well he did, for, no sooner was he on the other side, than his father-in-law threw a great hammer at him, which would have broken both his legs, if it had only touched them. 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 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 than than SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux _ _ 56 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 57 both both DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 if if SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 63 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 only only ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 conj _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | the young man | | | | | to wife's words | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme | | 2 | **spring** | past | the young man *not said here* | | | the threshold like a arrow from a bow | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over threshold=Trajectory | | 3 | **is** | past | threshold | | | | | do, well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | bow | | | the other side | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **throw** | past | bow's father in law | a great hammer | | | | at bow | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme at he=Destination | | 6 | **break** | would · perfect · passive | | bow's legs | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient leg=Result | | 7 | **touch** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | threshold | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer they=Result | | 8 | **word** | | wife | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/66/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/20/)