--- title: ‘What!’ said one, ‘are you always going to allow yourself to be torm… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘What!’ said one, ‘are you always going to allow yourself to be tormented by a passion which can never end happily, and in your whole kingdom can you find nothing else to satisfy you?’ Who acts: you, passion. 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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 (you, passion), 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:pg640:16:73 # text = ‘What!’ said one, ‘are you always going to allow yourself to be tormented by a passion which can never end happily, and in your whole kingdom can you find nothing else to satisfy you?’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ 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 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 12 advmod _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 iobj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 tormented torment VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 xcomp _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 happily happily ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 36 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 35 obj _ _ 37 else else ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 satisfy satisfy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | present · progressive | you | | | | | always *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **allow** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | yourself | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer yourself=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **torment** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | a passion | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **end** | can | a passion | | | | | happily *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **find** | can | you | nothing | | your whole kingdom | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 7 | **satisfy** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/74/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)