--- title: Then they both let themselves out of the prison by the window, and t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then they both let themselves out of the prison by the window, and the poor youth was free once more, though he felt very sad when he thought that another was to enjoy the reward that rightfully belonged to him. Who acts: paws, poor youth, youth, another. 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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 (paws, poor youth, youth, another), 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:pg7277:56:47 # text = Then they both let themselves out of the prison by the window, and the poor youth was free once more, though he felt very sad when he thought that another was to enjoy the reward that rightfully belonged to him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 both both ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 20 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 21 advmod _ _ 21 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 rightfully rightfully ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | paws *= paw* | paws *= paw* | | the prison by the window | then | both *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the poor youth | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | past | youth | | | | | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | youth | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | another | | | | | enjoy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **belong** | past | the reward | | stranger | | | rightfully *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/48/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/)