--- title: But the youth paid no heed, and the tunes rang out more merrily than… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the youth paid no heed, and the tunes rang out more merrily than before, and by the time the sun set they both sank on the ground exhausted, and declared that the hanging must be put off till to-morrow. Who acts: youth, tunes, sun, notes. 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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 (youth, tunes, sun, notes), 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:pg2435:14:58 # text = But the youth paid no heed, and the tunes rang out more merrily than before, and by the time the sun set they both sank on the ground exhausted, and declared that the hanging must be put off till to-morrow. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tunes tune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 14 merrily merrily ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 before before ADV RB _ 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 both both ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 28 on on SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 exhausted exhaust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hanging hanging NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 41 off off ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 till till ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | the youth | no heed | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Asset | | 2 | **ring out** | past | the tunes | | | | | merrily *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **set** | past | the sun | | | | time | | tree rules | | 4 | **sink** | past | notes *= note* | | | | | both *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **exhaust** | past | the ground | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the youth *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **put off** | must · passive | | the hanging | | | till morrow | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/59/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/)