--- title: The lad was of course delighted at the very idea, and, giving up the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The lad was of course delighted at the very idea, and, giving up the pigeon, set off on his quest, armed as before with a potsherd, on which was written, "Do not fail this time. Who acts: lad. 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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 (lad), 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:pg7128:19:49 # text = The lad was of course delighted at the very idea, and, giving up the pigeon, set off on his quest, armed as before with a potsherd, on which was written, "Do not fail this time. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 5 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 fixed _ _ 6 delighted delight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 before before ADV RB _ 25 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 potsherd potsherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **delight** | participle | | the lad *not said here* | | the idea | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **give up** | gerund | the lad *not said here* | the pigeon | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Source | | 3 | **set off** | participle | | the pigeon *not said here* | | lad's quest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **write** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: on which=Destination | | 5 | **not** **fail** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **quest** | | lad | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/50/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)