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title: When the youth had got all these directions as to what he had to do… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: When the youth had got all these directions as to what he had to do when he got ashore again the next thing was to remember the words which the troll said when he changed him from a human being to an animal; but these he had forgotten, and the girl did not know them either. Who acts: youth, next thi
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 48

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When the youth had got all these directions as to what he had to do when he got ashore again the next thing was to remember the words which the troll said when he changed him from a human being to an animal; but these he had forgotten, and the girl did not know them either.

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**Who acts:** youth, next thing, troll, girl · **What happens:** get, have, do, be, say, change · **To what, where:** directions, words, youth, these · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youth, next thing, troll, girl), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:27:48
# text = When the youth had got all these directions as to what he had to do when he got ashore again the next thing was to remember the words which the troll said when he changed him from a human being to an animal; but these he had forgotten, and the girl did not know them either.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obl	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
19	ashore	ashore	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	again	again	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	parataxis	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
29	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	obj	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	_
33	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	35	advmod	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	ccomp	_	_
36	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obj	_	_
37	from	from	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
39	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
40	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	43	cop	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
45	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
48	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
54	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
55	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	56	advmod	_	_
56	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	conj	_	_
57	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obj	_	_
58	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	56	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · perfect | the youth | all directions |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer direction=Stimulus as what=Attribute |
| 2 | **have** | past | youth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **get** | past | youth |  |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **is** | past | the next thing |  |  |  |  | remember *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the troll | the words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **change** | past | troll | youth |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 8 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | from a human animal | tree rules |
| 9 | **forget** | past · perfect · passive |  | these |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the girl | words *= word* |  |  |  | either *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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