--- title: He knew them to be his wife’s brothers, one a dragoon, the other a m… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He knew them to be his wife’s brothers, one a dragoon, the other a musketeer, so that he ran away immediately to save himself; but the two brothers pursued so close that they overtook him before he could get to the steps of the porch, when they ran their swords through his body and left him dead. 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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 (gate, two brothers, brothers), 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:pg503:40:74 # text = He knew them to be his wife’s brothers, one a dragoon, the other a musketeer, so that he ran away immediately to save himself; but the two brothers pursued so close that they overtook him before he could get to the steps of the porch, when they ran their swords through his body and left him dead. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dragoon dragoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 musketeer musketeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 23 mark _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 28 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 overtook overtake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 before before SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 porch porch NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 54 advmod _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 57 through through ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | gate | horsemen *= horseman* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | gate's wife's brothers | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **run away** | past | gate | | | | | away, immediately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **save** | to-infinitive | gate *not said here* | gate | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **pursue** | past | the two brothers | | | | | close *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **overtake** | past | brothers *= brother* | gate | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | could | gate | | | | | to the steps of the porch *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to step=Result | | 8 | **run** | past | brothers *= brother* | horsemen's swords | | gate's body | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sword=Theme through body=Trajectory | | 9 | **leave** | past | the two brothers *not said here* | gate | | | | dead *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **step** | | | the porch | | | | | nom step «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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/75/) - ↑ back to [Blue Beard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/40/)