--- title: I do not exactly know how many there were, but the youngest of them… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I do not exactly know how many there were, but the youngest of them could not stay quietly at home, and was determined to go out into the world and try his luck, and after a long time the King was forced to give him leave to go. Who acts: I, many, youngest, King. 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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 (I, many, youngest, King), 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:pg503:17:2 # text = I do not exactly know how many there were, but the youngest of them could not stay quietly at home, and was determined to go out into the world and try his luck, and after a long time the King was forced to give him leave to go. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nsubj _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 19 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 out out ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 38 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | exactly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | past | many | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **stay** | could | the youngest of sons | | | home | | quietly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | the youngest of sons *not said here* | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go out** | to-infinitive | the youngest of sons *not said here* | | | the world | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **try** | infinitive | the youngest of sons *not said here* | king's luck | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality | | 7 | **force** | past · passive | | the King | | | time | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **give** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | king | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **leave** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **go** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/3/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/17/)