--- title: Besides the pleasure of seeing the world, the youth was very anxious… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Besides the pleasure of seeing the world, the youth was very anxious to discover what had become of his brothers, and he determined to trace, as far as he could, the way that they must have gone. Who acts: pleasure, youth, man, people. 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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 (pleasure, youth, man, people), 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:pg2435:22:13 # text = Besides the pleasure of seeing the world, the youth was very anxious to discover what had become of his brothers, and he determined to trace, as far as he could, the way that they must have gone. 1 Besides besides ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 csubj _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 trace trace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 as as ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 41 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the pleasure *not said here* | the world | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | the youth | | | | | besides the pleasure; anxious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **discover** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | | | of man's brothers | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **determine** | past | man | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **trace** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | the way | | | | far *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **go** | must · perfect | people | the way *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/14/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)