--- title: For two days he resisted the temptation to go and look, but on the t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For two days he resisted the temptation to go and look, but on the third he could stand it no longer, and taking a torch in his hand he hurried to the tower, and unfastened one lock after the other of the little iron door until it burst open. Who acts: room, tower. 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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 (room, tower), 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:pg640:31:22 # text = For two days he resisted the temptation to go and look, but on the third he could stand it no longer, and taking a torch in his hand he hurried to the tower, and unfastened one lock after the other of the little iron door until it burst open. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 resisted resist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 temptation temptation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 no no ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 unfastened unfasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 after after ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 until until SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 52 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resist** | past | room | the temptation | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | room *not said here* | the temptation *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look** | infinitive | room *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **stand** | could | room | temptation | | the third | | long *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on third=Destination | | 5 | **take** | gerund | room *not said here* | a torch | | room's hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent torch=Value in hand=Location | | 6 | **hurry** | past | room | room's hand *not said here* | | the tower | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to tower=Trajectory | | 7 | **unfasten** | participle | room *not said here* | one lock | | | after the other | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient | | 8 | **burst** | past | tower | | | | | open *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/23/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)