--- title: ‘So that’s what would have happened to my bones had I trusted myself… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘So that’s what would have happened to my bones had I trusted myself to them,’ said the youth sadly; and he began to cry bitterly, not because of the treasures, but because of the lovely girl with her swanlike neck and golden hair. Who acts: I, last. 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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 (I, last), 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:pg640:24:78 # text = ‘So that’s what would have happened to my bones had I trusted myself to them,’ said the youth sadly; and he began to cry bitterly, not because of the treasures, but because of the lovely girl with her swanlike neck and golden hair. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 15 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 33 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 36 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 43 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 parataxis _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 swanlike swanlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would · perfect | | | | | | to my bones | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **trust** | past | I | myself | ropes *= rope* | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent myself=Theme to they=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the youth | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **begin** | past | last | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | last *not said here* | | | | | because the treasures; bitterly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/79/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/)