--- title: The young man would have gone away, but he was afraid of the beasts… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man would have gone away, but he was afraid of the beasts on the outside of the castle; so he beseeched the old woman to conceal him as well as she could, and not to tell the Etin that he was there. Who acts: young man, 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 (young man, 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:pg503:56:23 # text = The young man would have gone away, but he was afraid of the beasts on the outside of the castle; so he beseeched the old woman to conceal him as well as she could, and not to tell the Etin that he was there. 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 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 outside outside NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 beseeched beseeche VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 conceal conceal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 30 advmod _ _ 33 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 fixed _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Etin Etin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | would · perfect | the young man | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | man | | | | | of the beasts on the outside of the castle; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **beseeche** | past | man | the old woman | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **conceal** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | the Etin | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent etin=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | man | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/24/) - ↑ back to [The Red Etin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/56/)