--- title: He stopped and looked at the young man, who nodded his head, and the… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He stopped and looked at the young man, who nodded his head, and then the wizard continued, ‘To-morrow night you must go to the place where, once in seven years, the serpent-king gives a great feast to his whole court. Who acts: man, young man, wizard, 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 (man, young man, wizard, 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:pg641:34:11 # text = He stopped and looked at the young man, who nodded his head, and then the wizard continued, ‘To-morrow night you must go to the place where, once in seven years, the serpent-king gives a great feast to his whole court. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 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 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 To to ADP IN _ 25 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 28 advmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | man | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **look** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | at the young man | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at man=Theme | | 3 | **nod** | past | the young man | man's head | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 4 | **continue** | past | the wizard | | | | then | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **go** | must | you | | | the place | night | once *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **give** | present | the serpent king | a great feast | man's whole court | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent feast=Theme to court=Recipient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/12/) - ↑ back to [The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/)