he'd
Man had, shortened
He'd is a contraction of "he had" or "he would," with context determining which: He'd already left by the time I arrived (had); He'd help if you asked (would).
The contraction appears freely in speech and informal writing but is often expanded in formal prose.
narrative
Story's central figure
fellow · guy · figure · person · individual · actor · speaker · subject
protagonist
Story's central figure
boy · fellow · guy · figure · person · individual · actor · speaker · subject · someone
would
Conditional mood marker
his · himself · pronoun · subject · verb · auxiliary · modal · tense · past · conditional
said
Verbally expressed, past tense
decided · wanted · knew · seen · been · gone · done · finished · started · promised