--- title: The two elder brothers, being of the opinion that the youngest was s… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: The two elder brothers, being of the opinion that the youngest was so foolish that he was of no account whatever in trying to obtain the throne, for they did not think he would find anything at all, had said to each other: Who acts: youngest, Dummling, brothers. 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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 (youngest, Dummling, brothers), 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:pg11027:10:20 # text = The two elder brothers, being of the opinion that the youngest was so foolish that he was of no account whatever in trying to obtain the throne, for they did not think he would find anything at all, had said to each other: 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 22 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 appos _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 38 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 37 obj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 43 obl _ _ 46 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of the opinion | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the youngest | | | | | foolish *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Dummling | | | | | of no account | tree rules | | 4 | **try** | gerund | Dummling *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **obtain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Dummling *not said here* | the throne | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset throne=Theme | | 6 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **find** | would | Dummling | anything | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent anything=Theme at all=Asset | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the two elder brothers and the opinion | each | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to each=Recipient | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/21/) - ↑ back to [Dummling and the Three Feathers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/10/)