--- title: The quarrel went on, and for many days neither of the brothers spoke… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The quarrel went on, and for many days neither of the brothers spoke to each other, and what made them still more cross was, that they could get very little to eat, and we know that people are often cross when they are hungry. Who acts: quarrel, brothers, Lion, we. 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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 (quarrel, brothers, Lion, we), 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:pg3282:28:108 # text = The quarrel went on, and for many days neither of the brothers spoke to each other, and what made them still more cross was, that they could get very little to eat, and we know that people are often cross when they are hungry. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 10 neither neither ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 14 obl _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 still still ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 amod _ _ 25 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 often often ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 ccomp _ _ 45 when when SCONJ WRB _ 48 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | the quarrel | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the brothers | | | | day | to each | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | | Lion | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product | | 4 | **is** | could · past | Lion | | | | | more cross *obl:unmarked*; get, little *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Lion *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** | present | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | present | people | | | | | cross, often *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | Lion | | | | | hungry *property* | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/109/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/)