--- title: The young man did not know what he was to do when he was in the boat… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man did not know what he was to do when he was in the boat or where he was to go, but as the dove had come to his rescue before, he was ready to obey her blindly. Who acts: young man, man. 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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 (young man, man), 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:pg641:42:34 # text = The young man did not know what he was to do when he was in the boat or where he was to go, but as the dove had come to his rescue before, he was ready to obey her blindly. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 rescue rescue NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 before before ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 blindly blindly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the young man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | man | | | | | do *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | man | | | the boat | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | man | | | | | go *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | past · perfect | | | | man's rescue | | as the dove; before *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to rescue=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | past | man | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **obey** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | daughter | | | | blindly *property* | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **rescue** | | man | | | | | | nom rescue «act transitive»: poss=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/35/) - ↑ back to [The Prince Who Wanted to See the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/)