--- title: This advice surprised the young man a good deal, as he did not see h… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This advice surprised the young man a good deal, as he did not see how it could help him; but he did not answer, and went down the road without knowing where he was going. Who acts: advice, man. 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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 (advice, man), 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:pg3282:24:48 # text = This advice surprised the young man a good deal, as he did not see how it could help him; but he did not answer, and went down the road without knowing where he was going. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 surprised surprise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 down down ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 without without SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surprise** | past | this advice | the young man | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus man=Experiencer deal=Result | | 2 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **help** | could | advice | | man | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | man | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go down** | past | this advice *not said here* | the road | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient road=Extent | | 6 | **know** | gerund | this advice *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | man | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/49/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/)