--- title: This conduct puzzled his brothers greatly, and they put such constan… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This conduct puzzled his brothers greatly, and they put such constant questions to him, that at length he told them the secret of the table, and even gave a dinner to them, which far outdid any they had ever seen or heard of. Who acts: conduct, brothers, length. 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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 (conduct, brothers, length), 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:pg3027:20:69 # text = This conduct puzzled his brothers greatly, and they put such constant questions to him, that at length he told them the secret of the table, and even gave a dinner to them, which far outdid any they had ever seen or heard of. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 puzzled puzzle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 constant constant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 39 outdid outdo VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 obj _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 44 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 ccomp _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **puzzle** | past | this conduct | conduct's brothers | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brother=Experiencer | | 2 | **put** | past | brothers *= brother* | such constant questions | conduct | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Goal | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | that length | the secret of the table | brothers *= brother* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient secret=Topic | | 4 | **give** | past | | a dinner | brothers *= brother* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme to they=Recipient | | 5 | **outdo** | past | | any | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | brothers *= brother* | | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **hear** | participle | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/70/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/)