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title: Now, as was plain by his being able to change the shape of the two b… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 2

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Now, as was plain by his being able to change the shape of the two brothers, the bear chief knew a good deal of magic, and he was quite aware that the little boy was following the trail, and he sent a very small but clever bear servant to wait for him in the bushes and to try to tempt him into the mountain.

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**Who acts:** bear chief, chief, little boy, boy · **What happens:** be, change, know, follow, send, wait · **To what, where:** shape, good deal, trail, small bear servant, bushes, boy

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bear chief, chief, little boy, boy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:15:2
# text = Now, as was plain by his being able to change the shape of the two brothers, the bear chief knew a good deal of magic, and he was quite aware that the little boy was following the trail, and he sent a very small but clever bear servant to wait for him in the bushes and to try to tempt him into the mountain.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	csubj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
32	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	aware	aware	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	_
34	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	33	advcl	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
47	very	very	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
49	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	conj	_	_
51	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
52	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	advcl	_	_
55	for	for	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obl	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	obl	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	conj	_	_
63	to	to	PART	TO	_	64	mark	_	_
64	tempt	tempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	xcomp	_	_
65	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	obj	_	_
66	into	into	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | now | plain *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **change** | to-infinitive |  | the shape of the two brothers |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |
| 4 | **know** | past | the bear chief | a good deal of magic |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus |
| 5 | **is** | past | chief |  |  |  |  | aware *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **follow** | past · progressive | the little boy | the trail |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme |
| 7 | **send** | past | boy | a small bear servant |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme |
| 8 | **wait** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* |  |  | the bushes |  | for boy | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bush=Location |
| 9 | **try** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 10 | **tempt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* |  | boy | the mountain |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 11 | **deal** |  |  | magic |  |  |  |  | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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