--- title: It happened that this neighbour was one of those people who make mis… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It happened that this neighbour was one of those people who make mischief by talking too much; so, meeting the pedlar in the “serai,” or inn, that evening, he told him what had occurred, and added: “Yes; and the young spitfire said that if beating the donkey would not do, he would beat you also, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronge…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/) / 70 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 70 It happened that this neighbour was one of those people who make mischief by talking too much; so, meeting the pedlar in the “serai,” or inn, that evening, he told him what had occurred, and added: “Yes; and the young spitfire said that if beating the donkey would not do, he would beat you also, and cut your nose off for a thief!” **Who acts:** It, neighbour, people, pedlar, young spitfire, Nur · **What happens:** happen, be, make, talk, meet, tell · **To what, where:** one, mischief, much, pedlar, serai, Nur · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, neighbour, people, pedlar), 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:pg3282:33:70 # text = It happened that this neighbour was one of those people who make mischief by talking too much; so, meeting the pedlar in the “serai,” or inn, that evening, he told him what had occurred, and added: “Yes; and the young spitfire said that if beating the donkey would not do, he would beat you also, and cut your nose off for a thief!” 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 by by SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 meeting meet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pedlar pedlar NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 serai serai NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 occurred occur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 46 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 44 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 spitfire spitfire NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 55 if if SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 56 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 advcl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 61 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 ccomp _ _ 66 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 also also ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 53 ccomp _ _ 71 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 73 off off ADP RP _ 70 compound:prt _ _ 74 for for ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ! ! PUNCT . _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ” " PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | this neighbour | one | | | | of that people | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | present | that people | mischief | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Product | | 4 | **talk** | gerund | that people *not said here* | much | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent much=Patient | | 5 | **meet** | gerund | | the pedlar | | the serai or inn and that evening | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pedlar=Co-Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | pedlar | | Nur | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **occur** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | pedlar *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **say** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | the young spitfire | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **beat** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | gerund | | the donkey | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location donkey=Theme | | 11 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | would | Nur *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **beat** *in a quote* | would | Nur | you | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=Theme | | 13 | **cut off** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your nose | | | | for a thief | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector nose=Eventuality | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/71/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)