--- title: The young man had not walked far before he saw two more men standing… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man had not walked far before he saw two more men standing by the road-side, both grasping the same stout staff, and sometimes one seemed on the point of getting it, and sometimes the other. Who acts: young man, man, two more men, both. 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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, two more men, both), 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:pg3282:24:80 # text = The young man had not walked far before he saw two more men standing by the road-side, both grasping the same stout staff, and sometimes one seemed on the point of getting it, and sometimes the other. 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 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 12 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 amod _ _ 13 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nsubj _ _ 22 grasping grasp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 stout stout ADJ NN Degree=Pos 26 compound _ _ 26 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 30 advmod _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nsubj _ _ 31 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **walk** | past · perfect | the young man | | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | man | two more men | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | two more men *not said here* | | | | | by the road side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 4 | **grasp** | gerund | both | the same stout staff | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer staff=Stimulus | | 5 | **seem** | past | one | the other | | the point | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | gerund | the point *not said here* | staff | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/81/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/)