--- title: So the young man stood carefully on one side, and by-and-bye he hear… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the young man stood carefully on one side, and by-and-bye he heard a great rushing in the water; and a horrible monster came up to the surface and looked out for the rock where the king’s daughter was chained, for it was getting late and he was hungry. 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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, horrible monster, rock), 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:pg5615:23:12 # text = So the young man stood carefully on one side, and by-and-bye he heard a great rushing in the water; and a horrible monster came up to the surface and looked out for the rock where the king’s daughter was chained, for it was getting late and he was hungry. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 bye bye NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 21 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 31 up up ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 chained chain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 53 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the young man | | | one side | | carefully *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 2 | **hear** | past | man | | | | | by bye; great *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **rush** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory | | 4 | **come up** | past | a horrible monster | | | the surface | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to surface=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **look out** | past | a horrible monster *not said here* | | | | | for the rock | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for rock=Theme | | 6 | **chain** | past · passive | | the king's daughter | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **get** | past · progressive | rock | | | | | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | man | | | | | hungry *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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/13/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/)