--- title: The bravest and strongest young men of my court have fallen under th… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The bravest and strongest young men of my court have fallen under the blows of that staff; but, as you overcame the twelve robbers so easily, I feel that I have reason to hope that you may be able to conquer the giant. Who acts: bravest young men, you, I, staff. 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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 (bravest young men, you, I, staff), 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:pg3282:12:110 # text = The bravest and strongest young men of my court have fallen under the blows of that staff; but, as you overcame the twelve robbers so easily, I feel that I have reason to hope that you may be able to conquer the giant. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 conj _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 overcame overcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 easily easily ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 ccomp _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 conquer conquer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present · perfect | the bravest young men of my court | | | the blows of that staff | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under blow=Location | | 2 | **overcome** | past | you | the twelve robbers | | | | easily *property* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot robber=Theme | | 3 | **feel** | present | I | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **have** | present | I | reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 5 | **hope** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | reason *not said here* | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **is** | may | you | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **conquer** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the giant | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient | | 8 | **blow** | | that staff | | | | | | nom blow «act intransitive»: of=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/111/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/12/)