--- title: These speeches then their brother spake To this sick couple there: "… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: These speeches then their brother spake To this sick couple there: "The keeping of your little ones, Sweet sister, do not fear; God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children dear When you are laid in grave!" Who acts: God, brother. 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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 (God, brother), 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:pg14241:25:45 # text = These speeches then their brother spake To this sick couple there: "The keeping of your little ones, Sweet sister, do not fear; God never prosper me nor mine, Nor aught else that I have, If I do wrong your children dear When you are laid in grave!" 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 To to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 9 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 Sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 fear fear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 33 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 Nor Nor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 15 parataxis _ _ 37 else else ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 If if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 wrong wrong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 49 When when SCONJ WRB _ 52 mark _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | of your little ones and Sweet sister | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **fear** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **prosper** *in a quote* | infinitive | God | brother | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | brother | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wrong** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | brother | your children | | | | dear *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **lay** *in a quote* | present · passive | | you | | grave | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in grave=Destination | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/46/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/25/)