--- title: When the brother saw that, he insisted on having the mill, and after… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the brother saw that, he insisted on having the mill, and after a great deal of persuasion got it; but he had to give three hundred dollars for it, and the poor brother was to keep it till the haymaking was over, for he thought: “If I keep it as long as that, I can make it grind meat and drink --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/36/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Why the Sea Is Salt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/) / 36 # The Blue Fairy Book, Why the Sea Is Salt, sentence 36 When the brother saw that, he insisted on having the mill, and after a great deal of persuasion got it; but he had to give three hundred dollars for it, and the poor brother was to keep it till the haymaking was over, for he thought: “If I keep it as long as that, I can make it grind meat and drink that will last many a long year.” **Who acts:** brother, Man, poor brother, haymaking, meat · **What happens:** see, insist, have, get, give, be · **To what, where:** that, mill, persuasion, hundred dollars, haymaking, meat · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Why the Sea Is Salt. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, Man, poor brother, haymaking), 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:pg503:20:36 # text = When the brother saw that, he insisted on having the mill, and after a great deal of persuasion got it; but he had to give three hundred dollars for it, and the poor brother was to keep it till the haymaking was over, for he thought: “If I keep it as long as that, I can make it grind meat and drink that will last many a long year.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 on on SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 persuasion persuasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 compound _ _ 30 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 till till SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 haymaking haymaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 over over ADV RB _ 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 53 “ " PUNCT `` _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 If if SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 as as ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 56 advmod _ _ 60 as as ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 63 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 ccomp _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 grind grind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 68 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ _ 71 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 nsubj _ _ 72 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 acl:relcl _ _ 74 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 obj _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the brother | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | Man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | gerund | Man *not said here* | the mill | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mill=Patient | | 4 | **get** | past | Man *not said here* | persuasion | | | after a great deal of persuasion | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | past | Man | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | Man *not said here* | hundred dollars | | | | for persuasion | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent dollar=Theme for it=Asset | | 7 | **is** | past | the poor brother | | | | | keep *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | the haymaking | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Man | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Man | haymaking | | | | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 11 | **make** *in a quote* | can | Man | haymaking | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **grind** *in a quote* | infinitive | haymaking *not said here* | meat and drink | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | | 13 | **last** *in a quote* | future | meat and drink | many | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme many=Value | | 14 | **deal** | | | persuasion | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/37/) - ↑ back to [Why the Sea Is Salt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/20/)