--- title: The youth was now shown into another room, containing a silken bed w… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The youth was now shown into another room, containing a silken bed with down cushions, where he slept delightfully, yet he seemed to hear a voice near his bed which repeated to him, ‘Remember to give no blood!’ Who acts: foot, bed. 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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 (foot, bed), 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:pg640:5:81 # text = The youth was now shown into another room, containing a silken bed with down cushions, where he slept delightfully, yet he seemed to hear a voice near his bed which repeated to him, ‘Remember to give no blood!’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 containing contain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 down down ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 delightfully delightfully ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 near near ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 43 det _ _ 43 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past · passive | | the youth | | another room | now | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient into room=Recipient | | 2 | **contain** | gerund | | a silken bed | | | | with down cushions | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bed=Theme | | 3 | **sleep** | past | foot | | | | | delightfully *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seem** | past | foot | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **hear** | to-infinitive | foot *not said here* | a voice | | foot's bed | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 6 | **repeat** | past | foot's bed | | foot | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **remember** | infinitive | foot *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **give** | to-infinitive | foot *not said here* | no blood | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/82/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)