--- title: A very large old animal, since dead, had given it to him when he was… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A very large old animal, since dead, had given it to him when he was hardly more than a baby, and had told him never to part with it, for as long as he kept it no harm could ever come near him. Who acts: Neuislandischen, harm. 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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 (Neuislandischen, harm), 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:pg3282:28:76 # text = A very large old animal, since dead, had given it to him when he was hardly more than a baby, and had told him never to part with it, for as long as he kept it no harm could ever come near him. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 since since SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 obj _ _ 20 than than ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 45 advmod _ _ 45 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 46 near near ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | dead | Neuislandischen | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Neuislandischen | | | | | than a baby; hardly, more *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | | part with part | Neuislandischen | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **keep** | past | Neuislandischen | animal | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | could | no harm | | | | ever | near Neuislandischen | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/77/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/28/)