--- title: The Man-eater soon heard what everyone was saying, and was glad in h… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Man-eater soon heard what everyone was saying, and was glad in his heart, for he thought, ‘Well, it is good news that the thief who stole my sword is dead.’ Who acts: Man eater, everyone, eater, heart. 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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 (Man eater, everyone, eater, heart), 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:pg5615:38:48 # text = The Man-eater soon heard what everyone was saying, and was glad in his heart, for he thought, ‘Well, it is good news that the thief who stole my sword is dead.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 eater eater NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 8 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Well well INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Man eater | | | | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | everyone | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | eater's heart | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | eater | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | heart | good news | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **steal** | past | the thief | my sword | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | the thief | | | | | dead *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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/49/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/)