--- title: The voice was that of a young man, and its sweetness of tone and the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The voice was that of a young man, and its sweetness of tone and the agreeable things it uttered, led one to infer that its owner must be equally charming; but this had to be a mere matter of fancy, for no one was visible. Who acts: voice, young man, one, owner. 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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 (voice, young man, one, owner), 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:pg640:23:60 # text = The voice was that of a young man, and its sweetness of tone and the agreeable things it uttered, led one to infer that its owner must be equally charming; but this had to be a mere matter of fancy, for no one was visible. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sweetness sweetness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 22 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 infer infer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 31 equally equally ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 advcl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 det _ _ 47 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 49 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the voice | | | | | of a young man and voice's sweetness of tone and the agreeable things | tree rules | | 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | past | voice | the agreeable things *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 3 | **lead** | past | a young man and voice's sweetness of tone and the agreeable things | one | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent one=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **infer** | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | must | voice's owner | | | | | charm, equally *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | this | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | this *not said here* | a mere matter | | | | of fancy | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | no one | | | | | visible *property* | tree rules | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/61/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/)