--- title: Just at this moment a man came by who heard the youth speaking to hi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Just at this moment a man came by who heard the youth speaking to himself, and when they had gone on a bit and were in sight of the gallows the man said to him: “Look! there is the tree where seven people have been hanged, and are now learning to fly; sit down under it and wait till nightfall, and t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/50/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Lea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/) / 50 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was, sentence 50 Just at this moment a man came by who heard the youth speaking to himself, and when they had gone on a bit and were in sight of the gallows the man said to him: “Look! there is the tree where seven people have been hanged, and are now learning to fly; sit down under it and wait till nightfall, and then you’ll pretty soon learn to shudder.” **Who acts:** man, youth, dollars, father, tree · **What happens:** come, hear, speak, go, be, say · **To what, where:** youth, man, bit, sight, gallows, father · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, youth, dollars, father), 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:pg503:13:50 # text = Just at this moment a man came by who heard the youth speaking to himself, and when they had gone on a bit and were in sight of the gallows the man said to him: “Look! there is the tree where seven people have been hanged, and are now learning to fly; sit down under it and wait till nightfall, and then you’ll pretty soon learn to shudder.” 1 Just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 8 by by SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 46 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 55 learning learn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 60 down down ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 under under ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 65 till till ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 71 advmod _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ll 'll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 74 advcl _ _ 72 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 73 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 74 advmod _ _ 74 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 shudder shudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a man | | | | moment | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | | the youth | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer youth=Stimulus | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | the youth *not said here* | | man | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to himself=Co-Agent | | 4 | **go** | past · perfect | dollars *= dollar* | | | a bit | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bit=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | dollars *= dollar* *not said here* | | | sight | | of the gallows | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the man | the gallows *not said here* | father | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gallows=Topic to he=Recipient | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | imperative | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | present | the tree | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **hange** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | seven people | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **learn** *in a quote* | present · progressive | | | | | now | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **fly** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **sit down** *in a quote* | infinitive | father *not said here* | | | tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under it=Location | | 13 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | till nightfall | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 14 | **'ll** *in a quote* | present | father | | | | then | pretty *property* | tree rules | | 15 | **learn** *in a quote* | present | | shudder | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/51/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/)