--- title: “But the worst misfortune of all,” she added, “was a battle which my… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “But the worst misfortune of all,” she added, “was a battle which my father lost because you had vanished with his magic sword; and out of his whole army hardly one man was left.” Who acts: princess, battle, you. 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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 (princess, battle, you), 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:pg3282:24:104 # text = “But the worst misfortune of all,” she added, “was a battle which my father lost because you had vanished with his magic sword; and out of his whole army hardly one man was left.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 20 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 because because SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 36 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | princess | the worst misfortune of all | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | a battle | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **father** *in a quote* | | a battle | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lose** *in a quote* | participle | | my father *not said here* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **vanish** *in a quote* | past · perfect | you | | | | | with castle's magic sword | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** *in a quote* | past · passive | | one man | | castle's whole army | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme out army=Location | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/105/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/)