--- title: Then the heart of the man was greatly stirred, and he stretched out… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the heart of the man was greatly stirred, and he stretched out his arms to his wife, but she waved her hands and said, ‘We have seen no one yet; it is too soon.’ Who acts: journey, wife, We, 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 (journey, wife, We, 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:pg640:27:24 # text = Then the heart of the man was greatly stirred, and he stretched out his arms to his wife, but she waved her hands and said, ‘We have seen no one yet; it is too soon.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 stirred stir VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 waved wave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 ccomp _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 yet yet ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 too too ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stir** | past · passive | | the heart of the man | | | then | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **stretch out** | past | journey | journey's arms | | | | to journey's wife *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent arm=Patient to wife=Result | | 3 | **wave** | past | wife | wife's hands | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** | present · perfect | We | no one | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | present | heart | | | | | soon *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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/27/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/27/25/) - ↑ back to [The Dead Wife(20)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/27/)