--- title: “My brothers,” said he, “may get their living handsomely enough by j… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “My brothers,” said he, “may get their living handsomely enough by joining their stocks together; but for my part, when I have eaten up my cat, and made me a muff of his skin, I must die of hunger.” Who acts: brothers, eldest. 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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 (brothers, eldest), 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:pg503:21:7 # text = “My brothers,” said he, “may get their living handsomely enough by joining their stocks together; but for my part, when I have eaten up my cat, and made me a muff of his skin, I must die of hunger.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 handsomely handsomely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 15 enough enough ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 by by SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 joining join VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 stocks stock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 30 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 muff muff NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My brothers | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | may | eldest *= eld* | brothers's living | | | | handsomely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer living=Stimulus | | 3 | **join** *in a quote* | gerund | eldest *= eld* *not said here* | brothers's stocks | | | | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stock=Patient | | 4 | **eat up** *in a quote* | present · perfect | My brothers *= brother* | my cat | | | | for my part | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | past | | a muff of eldest's skin | My brothers *= brother* | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary muff=Product | | 6 | **die** *in a quote* | must | My brothers *= brother* | | | | | of hunger | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of hunger=Causer | | 7 | **live** *in a quote* | | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | nom living «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **stock** *in a quote* | | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | nom stock «possession transitive»: poss=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 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/8/) - ↑ back to [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/)