--- title: The young man hastened to do her bidding, but as soon as he touched… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man hastened to do her bidding, but as soon as he touched the latch, his fingers stuck to it, and there he had to stay for many hours, till the shoemaker came back, and the girl let him go. Who acts: shoemaker, young man, girl. 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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 (shoemaker, young man, girl), 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:pg3454:29:97 # text = The young man hastened to do her bidding, but as soon as he touched the latch, his fingers stuck to it, and there he had to stay for many hours, till the shoemaker came back, and the girl let him go. 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 21 nsubj _ _ 4 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 latch latch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 shoemaker shoemaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hasten** | participle | | the young man *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | girl's bidding | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | | 3 | **touch** | past | shoemaker | the latch | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme latch=Co-Theme | | 4 | **stick** | past | the young man | | latch | | | soon *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Patient | | 5 | **have** | past | shoemaker | | | there | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stay** | to-infinitive | shoemaker *not said here* | | | | hour | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **come back** | past | the shoemaker | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | the girl | shoemaker | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | infinitive | shoemaker *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **bid** | | girl | | | | | | nom bidding «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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/98/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/)