--- title: The unhappy youth had determined to let himself die, and indeed his… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The unhappy youth had determined to let himself die, and indeed his sorrow alone was enough to kill him, when the thought that by means of the cabinets of the years he might find out where the Princess was imprisoned, gave him a little ray of comfort. Who acts: stone, sorrow, thought. 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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 (stone, sorrow, thought), 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:pg640:17:64 # text = The unhappy youth had determined to let himself die, and indeed his sorrow alone was enough to kill him, when the thought that by means of the cabinets of the years he might find out where the Princess was imprisoned, gave him a little ray of comfort. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 alone alone ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cabinets cabinet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 ray ray NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | past · perfect · passive | | the unhappy youth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | to-infinitive | | stone | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **die** | infinitive | stone *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **is** | past | stone's sorrow | | | | | enough, indeed *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **kill** | to-infinitive | stone's sorrow *not said here* | stone | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **mean** | present | the thought | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **find out** | might | thought | | | | year | of the cabinets | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of cabinet=Topic | | 8 | **imprison** | past · passive | | the Princess | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **give** | past | | a little ray of comfort | thought | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ray=Theme | | 10 | **sorrow** | | stone | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **ray** | | | comfort | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/65/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/17/)