--- title: When the poor brother came to the rich brother's, he lost no time in… — Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the poor brother came to the rich brother's, he lost no time in crossing his threshold, and said, "Hail, my brother!"--"Good health to thee also!" replied the rich man, "why hast thou come hither? Who acts: poor brother, brother, time, Hail. 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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 (poor brother, brother, time, Hail), 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:pg29672:3:191 # text = When the poor brother came to the rich brother's, he lost no time in crossing his threshold, and said, "Hail, my brother!"--"Good health to thee also!" replied the rich man, "why hast thou come hither? 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 crossing cross VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ! ! PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP TO _ 36 case _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod _ _ 37 also also ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 40 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 47 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 50 hither hither ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the poor brother | | | | | to the rich brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to brother=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **lose** | past | brother | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cross** | gerund | no time *not said here* | brother's threshold | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threshold=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **reply** *speech: ask* | past | Hail and Good health to thee | the rich man | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | thou | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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:** «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/190/) - next →: [sentence 192](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/192/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29672/3/)