--- title: The fame of this wonderful deed soon spread through the country, and… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fame of this wonderful deed soon spread through the country, and people would often stop Geirald’s horse, and ask leave to see the robber’s ring, which was said to have been stolen from the father of the reigning king. Who acts: fame, people, leave. 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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 (fame, people, leave), 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:pg3282:12:103 # text = The fame of this wonderful deed soon spread through the country, and people would often stop Geirald’s horse, and ask leave to see the robber’s ring, which was said to have been stolen from the father of the reigning king. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 often often ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 18 Geirald Geirald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 24 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 reigning reign VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 amod _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | present | the fame of this wonderful deed | | | the country | | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through country=Location | | 2 | **stop** | would | people | Geirald's horse | | | | often *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector horse=Eventuality | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | people *not said here* | leave | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent leave=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | leave *not said here* | the robber's ring | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | the robber's ring | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **steal** | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | | | | | | from the father of the reigning king | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V» | | 7 | **reign** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/104/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/)