--- title: Then the youth rejoiced greatly, for now he felt that his life was s… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the youth rejoiced greatly, for now he felt that his life was safe; but he grew very sad when he thought of the beautiful Princess, and that he would never see her again if he left the country. Who acts: youth, life. 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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, life), 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:pg640:15:31 # text = Then the youth rejoiced greatly, for now he felt that his life was safe; but he grew very sad when he thought of the beautiful Princess, and that he would never see her again if he left the country. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | participle | the youth | | | | then | greatly *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **feel** | past | youth | | | | now | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | youth's life | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | past | youth | | | | | sad *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | youth | | | | | of the beautiful Princess | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **see** | would | youth | Princess | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | youth | the country | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/32/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/15/)