--- title: Then she brought out the young man, who explained how he was seeking… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she brought out the young man, who explained how he was seeking for his palace, and that no man had been able to tell him where it was, so he had come to the wind. Who acts: mother, young man, man, life. 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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 (mother, young man, man, life), 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:pg7277:20:65 # text = Then she brought out the young man, who explained how he was seeking for his palace, and that no man had been able to tell him where it was, so he had come to the wind. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 cop _ _ 25 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 ccomp _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring out** | past | mother | the young man | | | then | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | the young man | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **seek** | past · progressive | man | | | | | for man's palace | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for palace=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | no man | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | no man *not said here* | | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | life | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past · perfect | man | | | the wind | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wind=Initial\_Location | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/66/) - ↑ back to [The Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/20/)