--- title: Wiser than his brothers, the young man turned away, saying to himsel… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Wiser than his brothers, the young man turned away, saying to himself: “There are as good hares in the forest as any that have come out of it, and when I have caught them, I can come back and look for you.” Who acts: Wiser brothers, good hares, any. 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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 (Wiser brothers, good hares, any), 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:pg2435:8:46 # text = Wiser than his brothers, the young man turned away, saying to himself: “There are as good hares in the forest as any that have come out of it, and when I have caught them, I can come back and look for you.” 1 Wiser wise ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hares hare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 any any NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 out out ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 35 when when SCONJ WRB _ 38 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn away** | past | emperor's Wiser brothers | | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | emperor's Wiser brothers *not said here* | | emperor | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 3 | **does** *in a quote* | present | good hares in the forest | | | there | | as any | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come out** *in a quote* | present · perfect | any | | | | | of forest; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **catch** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | emperor's Wiser brothers *= brother* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Theme | | 6 | **come back** *in a quote* | can | emperor's Wiser brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | emperor's Wiser brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | for emperor | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for you=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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/47/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/)