--- title: And when he heard that the gazelle was at the door he felt like a ma… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when he heard that the gazelle was at the door he felt like a man who has found the time when all prayers are granted, and he rose and kissed it, saying: ‘My father, you have been a long time; you have left sorrow with me. Who acts: heart, gazelle, man, you. 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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 (heart, gazelle, man, you), 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:pg641:15:162 # text = And when he heard that the gazelle was at the door he felt like a man who has found the time when all prayers are granted, and he rose and kissed it, saying: ‘My father, you have been a long time; you have left sorrow with me. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 51 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | heart | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the gazelle | | | the door | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | past | heart | the door *not said here* | | | | like a man | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme | | 4 | **find** | present · perfect | a man | | | | time | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **grant** | present · passive | | all prayers | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **rise** | past | heart | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **kiss** | past | heart *not said here* | door | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | present · perfect | you | a long time | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **leave** | present · perfect | you | sorrow | | | | with me | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent sorrow=Recipient with i=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/161/) - next →: [sentence 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/163/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Gazelle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/15/)