--- title: And as you,’ he added, turning to the younger brother, ‘brought this… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And as you,’ he added, turning to the younger brother, ‘brought this accusation knowing full well it was wicked and unjust, I order you, besides losing the houses, to pay a thousand pounds damages to your brother.’ Who acts: man, accusation, I, thousand pounds. 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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 (man, accusation, I, thousand pounds), 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:pg3454:20:24 # text = And as you,’ he added, turning to the younger brother, ‘brought this accusation knowing full well it was wicked and unjust, I order you, besides losing the houses, to pay a thousand pounds damages to your brother.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 amod _ _ 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 accusation accusation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 21 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 unjust unjust ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 order order VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 damages damage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | as you | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | to the younger brother *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to brother=Result | | 3 | **bring** | past | man *not said here* | this accusation | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent accusation=Theme | | 4 | **know** | gerund | this accusation *not said here* | | | | | full *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | accusation | | | | | well, wicked *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | accusation *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **order** | present | I | | you | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 8 | **beside** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **lose** | gerund | I *not said here* | the houses | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Eventuality | | 10 | **pay** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **damage** | present | thousand pounds | | | | | to your brother | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/25/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/)