--- title: The youth told him all his story, and when he had finished, the old… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The youth told him all his story, and when he had finished, the old man said: “Spade and shovel do your duty,” and they danced about the cave till, in a short time, there was not a speck of dust left on the floor. Who acts: youth, old man, Spade, bargain. 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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, old man, Spade, bargain), 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:pg2435:22:39 # text = The youth told him all his story, and when he had finished, the old man said: “Spade and shovel do your duty,” and they danced about the cave till, in a short time, there was not a speck of dust left on the floor. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell 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 iobj _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 shovel shovel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 till till NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 43 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 speck speck NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the youth | Tritill's story | Tritill | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient story=Topic | | 2 | **finish** | past · perfect | youth | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Spade and shovel | your duty | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Eventuality | | 5 | **dance** | past | bargain | | | | time | about the cave till | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about till=Location | | 6 | **be** | past | a speck of dust | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **leave** | participle | | dust *not said here* | | the floor | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/40/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)