--- title: Then Dapplegrim inquired why he was so troubled, and the youth told… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Dapplegrim inquired why he was so troubled, and the youth told him, and said that he did not know what to do, ‘for as to setting the Princess free, that was downright impossible.’ Who acts: Dapplegrim, youth, that. 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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 (Dapplegrim, youth, that), 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:pg540:38:30 # text = Then Dapplegrim inquired why he was so troubled, and the youth told him, and said that he did not know what to do, ‘for as to setting the Princess free, that was downright impossible.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Dapplegrim Dapplegrim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 troubled troubled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ‘ VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 31 cc _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 downright downright ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | Dapplegrim | | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Dapplegrim | | | | | troubled *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the youth | | Dapplegrim | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dapplegrim *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | youth | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 7 | **‘** | infinitive | youth *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **set** | gerund | youth *not said here* | the Princess | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient princess=Result | | 9 | **is** | past | that | | | | | downright, impossible *property* | tree rules | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/31/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)