--- title: The young man turned to leave the hut, but the old woman stopped him… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man turned to leave the hut, but the old woman stopped him, and, giving him a letter, begged him to carry it to her next eldest sister, saying: “If you should get tired on the way, take out the letter and rustle the paper.” Who acts: young man, old woman, you. 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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, old woman, you), 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:pg3282:24:47 # text = The young man turned to leave the hut, but the old woman stopped him, and, giving him a letter, begged him to carry it to her next eldest sister, saying: “If you should get tired on the way, take out the letter and rustle the paper.” 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 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 24 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 31 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 amod _ _ 33 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 If if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 42 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 48 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 rustle rustle VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the young man | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | the hut | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hut=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | past | the old woman | man | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector he=Eventuality | | 4 | **give** | gerund | | a letter | man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient letter=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the young man *not said here* | | man | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | hut | woman's next eldest sister | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to sister=Destination | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the young man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | you | | | the way | | tired *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on way=Source | | 9 | **take out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the letter | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 10 | **rustle** *in a quote* | present | | the paper | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location paper=Theme | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/48/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/)