--- title: The young man did not even know where the tree of life grew, but he… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young man did not even know where the tree of life grew, but he set off, determined to walk as far as his legs would carry him, though he had no hope of ever finding it. Who acts: young man, tree, legs, hope. 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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, tree, legs, hope), 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:pg7277:50:56 # text = The young man did not even know where the tree of life grew, but he set off, determined to walk as far as his legs would carry him, though he had no hope of ever finding it. 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 7 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 39 advmod _ _ 39 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **grow** | past | the tree of life | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **set off** | past | tree | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **determine** | participle | tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **walk** | to-infinitive | tree *not said here* | | | | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **carry** | would | tree's legs | tree | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | tree | no hope | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient | | 8 | **find** | gerund | no hope *not said here* | hope | | | ever | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/57/) - ↑ back to [The White Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/50/)