--- title: Other people had tried to steal fire before, and few indeed had come… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Other people had tried to steal fire before, and few indeed had come back with their lives; but as, contrary to all her expectations, he had managed to catch such a number of fish, she thought that perhaps there was some magic about him which she did not know of, and did not try to hinder him. 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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 (Other people, few, Hare, woman), 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:pg3282:11:61 # text = Other people had tried to steal fire before, and few indeed had come back with their lives; but as, contrary to all her expectations, he had managed to catch such a number of fish, she thought that perhaps there was some magic about him which she did not know of, and did not try to hinder him. 1 Other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 before before ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nsubj _ _ 12 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 expectations expectation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 36 det:predet _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 45 expl _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 47 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 ccomp _ _ 48 about about ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 obj _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 parataxis _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 hinder hinder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · perfect | Other people | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **steal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Other people *not said here* | fire | | | | before *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fire=Theme | | 3 | **come back** | past | few | | | | | with people's lives | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **manage** | past · perfect | Hare | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **catch** | to-infinitive | Hare *not said here* | such number of fish | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | woman | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | | some magic | | | | about Hare | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | woman | some magic | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 9 | **not** **try** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **hinder** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | Hare | | | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Eventuality | | 11 | **expect** | | woman | | | | | | nom expectation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/62/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/11/)