--- title: Still he did not give up, and after many days of efforts and tumbles… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Still he did not give up, and after many days of efforts and tumbles he found to his great joy that he could go a little higher and stay up a little longer than he had done at first, and by-and-bye he was able to live in the air altogether. Who acts: Souci. 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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 (Souci), 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:pg5615:31:25 # text = Still he did not give up, and after many days of efforts and tumbles he found to his great joy that he could go a little higher and stay up a little longer than he had done at first, and by-and-bye he was able to live in the air altogether. 1 Still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 efforts effort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 15 tumbles tumble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 35 than than SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 bye bye NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **give up** | past · do-support | Souci | | | | still | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tumble** | present | Souci *not said here* | | | | day | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past | Souci | | | | | to Souci's great joy | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | could | Souci | Souci's great joy *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location joy=Theme | | 5 | **stay up** | infinitive | Souci *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | Souci | | | | | long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | Souci | | | | | by bye; able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **live** | to-infinitive | Souci *not said here* | | | the air | | altogether *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location | | 9 | **joy** | | Souci | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/26/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)