--- title: So the next day he stood where he could watch the young men go up, a… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the next day he stood where he could watch the young men go up, and he noted the places on the wall that seemed most difficult, and made up his mind that when his turn came he would go up some other way. Who acts: next day, prince, young men, wall. 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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 (next day, prince, young men, wall), 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:pg3282:25:39 # text = So the next day he stood where he could watch the young men go up, and he noted the places on the wall that seemed most difficult, and made up his mind that when his turn came he would go up some other way. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 noted note VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 28 advmod _ _ 28 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 when when SCONJ WRB _ 39 mark _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 45 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the next day | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **watch** | could | prince | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go up** | present | the young men | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **note** | past | prince | the places | | the wall | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent place=Topic | | 5 | **seem** | past | the wall | | | | | difficult *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make up** | participle | the next day *not said here* | prince's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 7 | **come** | past | prince's mind | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go up** | would | prince | some other way | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **mind** | | prince | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/40/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)