--- title: Other tales are told in various parts of Europe, and in many languag… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Other tales are told in various parts of Europe, and in many languages; but all people, black, white, brown, red, and yellow, are like each other when they tell stories; for these are meant for children, who like the same sort of thing, whether they go to school and wear clothes, or, on the other ha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/20/) [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/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/) / 20 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 20 Other tales are told in various parts of Europe, and in many languages; but all people, black, white, brown, red, and yellow, are like each other when they tell stories; for these are meant for children, who like the same sort of thing, whether they go to school and wear clothes, or, on the other hand, wear skins of beasts, or even nothing at all, and live on grubs and lizards and hawks and crows and serpents, like the little Australian blacks. **Who acts:** people, children · **What happens:** tell, mean, like, go, wear, live · **To what, where:** Other tales, various parts, stories, these, same sort, school · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, children), 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:pg3282:1:20 # text = Other tales are told in various parts of Europe, and in many languages; but all people, black, white, brown, red, and yellow, are like each other when they tell stories; for these are meant for children, who like the same sort of thing, whether they go to school and wear clothes, or, on the other hand, wear skins of beasts, or even nothing at all, and live on grubs and lizards and hawks and crows and serpents, like the little Australian blacks. 1 Other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 29 conj _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 fixed _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 38 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 62 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 64 or or CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 71 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 72 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obj _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 76 or or CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 77 even even ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 71 obl _ _ 79 at at ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 80 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 78 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 84 on on ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 85 grubs grub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 obl _ _ 86 and and CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ _ 87 lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 conj _ _ 88 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 89 hawks hawk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 conj _ _ 90 and and CCONJ CC _ 91 cc _ _ 91 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 conj _ _ 92 and and CCONJ CC _ 93 cc _ _ 93 serpents serpent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 94 , , PUNCT , _ 99 punct _ _ 95 like like ADP IN _ 99 case _ _ 96 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 99 det _ _ 97 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 99 amod _ _ 98 Australian Australian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 99 amod _ _ 99 blacks black NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 100 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | Other tales | | various parts of Europe | | in many languages | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | people | stories | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 3 | **mean** | present · passive | | these | | | | for children | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for child=Attribute | | 4 | **like** | present | children | the same sort of thing | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sort=Theme | | 5 | **go** | present | people | | | school | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **wear** | present | people *not said here* | clothes | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source | | 7 | **wear** | infinitive | people *not said here* | skins of beasts | | the other hand | | nothing *obl* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent skin=Source | | 8 | **live** | present | people *not said here* | | | grubs and lizards and hawks and crows and serpents and the little Australian blacks | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grub=Location | | 9 | **sort** | | | thing | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/21/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/)