--- title: Then the youth was declared to be free, and the people elected him f… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the youth was declared to be free, and the people elected him for their king; and the stable helper drowned himself from envy, for, after all, if it had not been for him the young man would have remained poor all the days of his life. Who acts: people, stable helper, helper. 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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 (people, stable helper, helper), 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:pg2435:14:75 # text = Then the youth was declared to be free, and the people elected him for their king; and the stable helper drowned himself from envy, for, after all, if it had not been for him the young man would have remained poor all the days of his life. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 elected elect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 stable stable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 helper helper NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 cop _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux _ _ 45 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 46 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · passive | | the youth | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **elect** | past | the people | youth | | | | for people's king | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **drown** | past | the stable helper | youth | | envy | | for all | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 5 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | helper | | | | | for youth | tree rules | | 6 | **remain** | would · perfect · passive | | youth | | | day | poor *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/76/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/)