--- title: ‘No,’ said the youth; he thought he had done enough, and was anxious… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘No,’ said the youth; he thought he had done enough, and was anxious to go to some other place to serve, and learn other people’s ways; but he would, perhaps, come back to the troll some other time. Who acts: youth. 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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), 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:pg5615:27:57 # text = ‘No,’ said the youth; he thought he had done enough, and was anxious to go to some other place to serve, and learn other people’s ways; but he would, perhaps, come back to the troll some other time. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 14 enough enough ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 47 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the youth | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent youth=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | youth | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | youth | | | | | enough *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | some other place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **serve** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **learn** | infinitive | | other people's ways | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 8 | **come back** | would | | | | the troll | time | perhaps *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to troll=Initial\_Location | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/58/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/)