--- title: On hearing these words, the young man entered the hut, but his heart… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On hearing these words, the young man entered the hut, but his heart was too eager within him to suffer him to rest, and when he arose, the old man rose too, and stood with him at the door. Who acts: young man, heart, old 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, heart, old 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:pg640:28:23 # text = On hearing these words, the young man entered the hut, but his heart was too eager within him to suffer him to rest, and when he arose, the old man rose too, and stood with him at the door. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 19 within within ADP IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 36 too too ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **enter** | past | the young man | the hut | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hut=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | way's heart | | | | | eager *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **suffer** | to-infinitive | heart | way | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **rest** | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **arise** | past | heart | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **rise** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **stand** | past | the old man *not said here* | | | the door | | with heart | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/28/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/28/24/) - ↑ back to [In the Land of Souls (21)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/28/)