--- title: The youth immediately resolved to follow the birds to the spring, on… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The youth immediately resolved to follow the birds to the spring, only two things made him uneasy: first, lest he might be asleep when the birds went, and secondly, lest he might lose sight of them, since he had not wings to carry him along so swiftly. Who acts: two things, wisdom, birds, wings. 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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 (two things, wisdom, birds, wings), 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:pg640:5:40 # text = The youth immediately resolved to follow the birds to the spring, only two things made him uneasy: first, lest he might be asleep when the birds went, and secondly, lest he might lose sight of them, since he had not wings to carry him along so swiftly. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 22 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 secondly secondly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 39 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 since since SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 along along ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resolve** | participle · passive | | the youth | | | | first, immediately *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | to-infinitive | | the birds | | | spring | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | two things | wisdom | | | | uneasy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 4 | **is** | might | wisdom | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past | the birds | | | | | secondly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **lose** | might | wisdom | sight of birds | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | | 7 | **have** | past | wisdom | wings | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **carry** | to-infinitive | wings *not said here* | wisdom | | | | along, swiftly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **sight** | | | birds *= bird* | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/41/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)