--- title: “I recognized my father’s ring which Hankur the Tall had stolen, on… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I recognized my father’s ring which Hankur the Tall had stolen, on the finger of your right hand, and I knew that it was you and not Geirald who had slain the robber band. Who acts: combat, ring. 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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 (combat, ring), 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:pg3282:13:55 # text = “I recognized my father’s ring which Hankur the Tall had stolen, on the finger of your right hand, and I knew that it was you and not Geirald who had slain the robber band. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 9 Hankur Hankur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Tall Tall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 Geirald Geirald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recognize** *in a quote* | past | combat | my father's ring | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus | | 2 | **steal** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | Hankur | | the finger of your right hand | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Theme | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | past | combat | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | ring | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **slay** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | you | | | | | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/56/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/)