--- title: The eldest brother, he who fabricated bricks, soon discovered that e… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The eldest brother, he who fabricated bricks, soon discovered that each brick, when finished, brought him in a small coin, if only a copper one; and many copper pieces, if placed one upon another, can be changed into a shining shilling; and at whatever door a person knocks, who has a number of these --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/121/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/) / 121 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Snowdrop, sentence 121 The eldest brother, he who fabricated bricks, soon discovered that each brick, when finished, brought him in a small coin, if only a copper one; and many copper pieces, if placed one upon another, can be changed into a shining shilling; and at whatever door a person knocks, who has a number of these in his hands, whether it be the baker's, the butcher's, or the tailor's, the door flies open, and he can get all he wants. **Who acts:** eldest brother, many copper pieces, person, tailor, history · **What happens:** fabricate, discover, finish, bring, place, change · **To what, where:** bricks, brick, history, small coin, one, another This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Snowdrop. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eldest brother, many copper pieces, person, tailor), 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:pg27200:177:121 # text = The eldest brother, he who fabricated bricks, soon discovered that each brick, when finished, brought him in a small coin, if only a copper one; and many copper pieces, if placed one upon another, can be changed into a shining shilling; and at whatever door a person knocks, who has a number of these in his hands, whether it be the baker's, the butcher's, or the tailor's, the door flies open, and he can get all he wants. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fabricated fabricate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 11 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 brick brick NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 17 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 obj _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 amod _ _ 49 shilling shilling NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 whatever whatever DET WDT PronType=Int 54 det _ _ 54 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 knocks knock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 60 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 parataxis _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 62 nmod _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 69 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 70 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 71 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 73 cop _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 baker baker NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 's 's PART POS _ 73 case _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 butcher butcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 's 's PART POS _ 77 case _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 80 or or CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 's 's PART POS _ 82 case _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 conj _ _ 87 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 88 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 87 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 89 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 90 and and CCONJ CC _ 93 cc _ _ 91 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 93 nsubj _ _ 92 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 93 aux _ _ 93 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 94 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 93 obj _ _ 95 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 96 nsubj _ _ 96 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 94 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 97 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fabricate** | past | the eldest brother | bricks | | | | many copper pieces *obl* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brick=Result | | 2 | **discover** | past | the eldest brother *not said here* | each brick | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brick=Topic | | 3 | **finish** | participle | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **bring** | past | | | history | a small coin | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 5 | **place** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | many copper pieces *not said here* | one | | another | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme upon another=Destination | | 6 | **change** | can · passive | the eldest brother *not said here* | | | | | into a shining shilling *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: into shilling=Result | | 7 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **knock** | present | a person | | | | | at whatever door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | | 9 | **have** | present | | a number of these | | history's hands | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient | | 10 | **is** | infinitive | person | | | | | 's the baker | tree rules | | 11 | **fly** | present | the tailor and the door | | | | | open *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **get** | can | history | all | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus | | 13 | **want** | present | history | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/122/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)