--- title: The young man was puzzled, and did not know what to reply, for, thou… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man was puzzled, and did not know what to reply, for, though he would gladly have married the princess without a sixpence, he had spent all his money in building the ship, and knew he could not give her all she wanted. Who acts: man, princess. 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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 (man, princess), 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:pg5615:20:1 # text = The young man was puzzled, and did not know what to reply, for, though he would gladly have married the princess without a sixpence, he had spent all his money in building the ship, and knew he could not give her all she wanted. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 puzzled puzzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 reply reply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux _ _ 22 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 without without ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sixpence sixpence NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 in in SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 obj _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **puzzle** | past · passive | | the young man | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **marry** | would · perfect · passive | | man | | | | without a sixpence; gladly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **spend** | past · perfect | man | man's money | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset | | 6 | **build** | gerund | man *not said here* | the ship | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ship=Product | | 7 | **know** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **give** | could | man | all | princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient all=Theme | | 9 | **want** | past | princess | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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: [The Pink Fairy Book, part 19, 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/143/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/2/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)