--- title: ‘Well,’ thought the youth as he read this proclamation, ‘that ought… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well,’ thought the youth as he read this proclamation, ‘that ought not to be a very difficult matter;’ and he asked an audience of the king, and told him that he wished to seek for the princess. Who acts: 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 (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:pg5615:24:53 # text = ‘Well,’ thought the youth as he read this proclamation, ‘that ought not to be a very difficult matter;’ and he asked an audience of the king, and told him that he wished to seek for the princess. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 16 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | the youth | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot youth=Theme | | 2 | **read** | past | youth | this proclamation | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Topic | | 3 | **not** **is a** | ought | that | a difficult matter | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | youth | a audience of the king | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent audience=Recipient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | youth | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **wish** | past | youth | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **seek** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* | | | | | for the princess | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for princess=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 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: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/54/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/)