--- title: The youth did not know where the Tree of Life stood, but he set out,… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The youth did not know where the Tree of Life stood, but he set out, and would have gone on for ever, as long as his legs would carry him, though he had no hope of finding it. Who acts: youth, Tree, legs, hope. 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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, Tree, legs, hope), 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:pg2591:34:52 # text = The youth did not know where the Tree of Life stood, but he set out, and would have gone on for ever, as long as his legs would carry him, though he had no hope of finding it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 21 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 22 on on ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 as as ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 though though SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the youth | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **stand** | past | the Tree of Life | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **set out** | past | Tree | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go on** | would · perfect | | | | | | long *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **carry** | would | Tree's legs | Tree | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | Tree | no hope | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient | | 7 | **find** | gerund | no hope *not said here* | hope | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/34/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/34/53/) - ↑ back to [The White Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/34/)