--- title: And what pained him most was the thought that he was lost through hi… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And what pained him most was the thought that he was lost through his very faithfulness, and he determined to travel all over the world and never rest till he found some means of restoring him to life. Who acts: servant, some. A sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/56/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/) / 56 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2, sentence 56 And what pained him most was the thought that he was lost through his very faithfulness, and he determined to travel all over the world and never rest till he found some means of restoring him to life. **Who acts:** servant, some · **What happens:** pain, be, lose, determine, travel, not rest · **To what, where:** servant, thought, faithfulness, world, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servant, some), 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:pg2435:2:56 # text = And what pained him most was the thought that he was lost through his very faithfulness, and he determined to travel all over the world and never rest till he found some means of restoring him to life. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pained pain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 8 advmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 faithfulness faithfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 nsubj _ _ 34 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 restoring restore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pain** | past | | servant | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the thought | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lose** | past · passive | | servant | | servant's faithfulness | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **determine** | past | servant | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **travel** | to-infinitive | servant *not said here* | | | the world | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over world=Trajectory | | 6 | **not** **rest** | infinitive | servant *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **find** | past | servant | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **mean** | present | some | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **restore** | gerund | some *not said here* | servant | life | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to life=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 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/57/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)