--- title: “Pivi and Kabo” is translated by the Editor from a French version; “… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Pivi and Kabo” is translated by the Editor from a French version; “Asmund and Signy” by Miss Blackley; the Indian stories by Major Campbell, and all the rest are told by Mrs. Lang, who does not give them exactly as they are told by all sorts of outlandish natives, but makes them up in the hope whit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/22/) [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/) / 22 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 22 “Pivi and Kabo” is translated by the Editor from a French version; “Asmund and Signy” by Miss Blackley; the Indian stories by Major Campbell, and all the rest are told by Mrs. Lang, who does not give them exactly as they are told by all sorts of outlandish natives, but makes them up in the hope white people will like them, skipping the pieces which they will not like. **Who acts:** Editor, Mrs., sorts, white people, people · **What happens:** translate, tell, not give, make up, like, skip · **To what, where:** Pivi, rest, hope, pieces, outlandish natives · **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 (Editor, Mrs., sorts, white people), 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:pg3282:1:22 # text = “Pivi and Kabo” is translated by the Editor from a French version; “Asmund and Signy” by Miss Blackley; the Indian stories by Major Campbell, and all the rest are told by Mrs. Lang, who does not give them exactly as they are told by all sorts of outlandish natives, but makes them up in the hope white people will like them, skipping the pieces which they will not like. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Pivi Pivi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Kabo Kabo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 translated translate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Editor editor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:agent _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 version version NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Asmund Asmund PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl:agent _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 Signy Signy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 23 Blackley Blackley PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 Major Major PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Campbell Campbell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Mrs. Mrs. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 Lang Lang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 43 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 outlandish outlandish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 natives native NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 61 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 up up ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 66 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 68 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 acl:relcl _ _ 70 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 72 skipping skip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 advcl _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 obj _ _ 75 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 79 obj _ _ 76 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 77 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 79 aux _ _ 78 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 79 advmod _ _ 79 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **translate** | present · passive | the Editor | Pivi and Kabo | | | | by Miss and the Indian stories by Major Campbell | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | Mrs. | all rest | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **give** | present · do-support | Mrs. | | Pivi | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | all sorts of outlandish natives | Pivi | | | | exactly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 5 | **make up** | present | the Editor *not said here* | Pivi | | the hope | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Pivot | | 6 | **like** | future | white people | Pivi | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | | 7 | **skip** | gerund | the Editor *not said here* | the pieces | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Agent | | 8 | **not** **like** | future | people | the pieces | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot which=Theme | | 9 | **sort** | | | outlandish natives | | | | | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/23/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/)