--- title: Then all at once he thought he had heard one of the old men say that… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then all at once he thought he had heard one of the old men say that the Land of Souls lay to the south, and so, filled with new hope and courage, he set his face southwards. Who acts: thing, old men, Land. 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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 (thing, old men, Land), 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:pg640:28:12 # text = Then all at once he thought he had heard one of the old men say that the Land of Souls lay to the south, and so, filled with new hope and courage, he set his face southwards. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 nmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obj _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 southwards southwards ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | thing | all | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past · perfect | thing | one | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the old men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lay** | present | the Land of Souls | | | | | to the south | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fill** | participle | thing *not said here* | | | | | with new hope and courage | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with hope=Instrument | | 6 | **set** | past | thing | thing's face | | | | southwards *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient face=Result | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/28/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/28/13/) - ↑ back to [In the Land of Souls (21)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/28/)