--- title: "Now, brother," said the dying man, "Look to my children dear; Be go… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Now, brother," said the dying man, "Look to my children dear; Be good unto my boy and girl, No friends else have they here; To God and you I recommend My children dear this day; But little while be sure we have Within this world to stay. Who acts: brother, friends, we. 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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 (brother, friends, we), 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:pg14241:25:39 # text = "Now, brother," said the dying man, "Look to my children dear; Be good unto my boy and girl, No friends else have they here; To God and you I recommend My children dear this day; But little while be sure we have Within this world to stay. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 29 else else ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 To to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 conj _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 recommend recommend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 40 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 But but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obl _ _ 48 while while SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 50 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 51 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 53 Within within ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brother | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | brother *not said here* | | | | | to my children; dear *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to child=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | unto my boy and girl; good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | no friends | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **recommend** *in a quote* | present | brother | My children | God | | | dear *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Topic to god=Recipient | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | brother *not said here* | | | | | little *obl*; sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | within this world | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **stay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/40/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/)