--- title: “They are the children of my sister who has been on a long journey,”… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “They are the children of my sister who has been on a long journey,” replied his wife, “and now that she knows you are my husband she wants to kill you.” Who acts: children, sister, wife, you. A sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 7, with its dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/74/) [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/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/) / 74 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 7, sentence 74 “They are the children of my sister who has been on a long journey,” replied his wife, “and now that she knows you are my husband she wants to kill you.” **Who acts:** children, sister, wife, you, husband · **What happens:** be, reply, know, want, kill · **To what, where:** children, long journey, wife, husband, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, sister, wife, 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:pg3282:7:74 # text = “They are the children of my sister who has been on a long journey,” replied his wife, “and now that she knows you are my husband she wants to kill you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 18 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | children *= child* | the children | | | | of my sister | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | my sister | | | a long journey | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the children | Carrier's wife | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wife=Topic | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | wife | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | my husband | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | wife | my husband *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | my husband *not said here* | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/75/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/7/)