--- title: When the third St. John’s night came neither of the two elder brothe… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the third St. John’s night came neither of the two elder brothers dared to lie in the outlying barn to watch the grass, for they had been so heartily frightened the night that they had slept there that they could not get over it, but Cinderlad dared to go, and everything happened just the same --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/37/) [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/) / [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/) / 37 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 37 When the third St. John’s night came neither of the two elder brothers dared to lie in the outlying barn to watch the grass, for they had been so heartily frightened the night that they had slept there that they could not get over it, but Cinderlad dared to go, and everything happened just the same as on the two former nights. **Who acts:** night, two elder brothers, sons, Cinderlad, everything · **What happens:** come, dare, lie, outlie, watch, have · **To what, where:** outlying barn, grass This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess on the Glass Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (night, two elder brothers, sons, Cinderlad), 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:pg503:48:37 # text = When the third St. John’s night came neither of the two elder brothers dared to lie in the outlying barn to watch the grass, for they had been so heartily frightened the night that they had slept there that they could not get over it, but Cinderlad dared to go, and everything happened just the same as on the two former nights. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 4 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:desc _ _ 5 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 9 neither neither ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 outlying outlie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 amod _ _ 21 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 cop _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 46 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 Cinderlad Cinderlad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 57 nsubj _ _ 57 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 58 just just ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 xcomp _ _ 61 as as ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 64 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 66 nummod _ _ 65 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the third John St.'s night | | | | | neither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **dare** | past | the two elder brothers | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lie** | to-infinitive | the two elder brothers *not said here* | | | the outlying barn | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barn=Location | | 4 | **outlie** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **watch** | to-infinitive | the two elder brothers *not said here* | the grass | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | sons *= son* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | participle | | | | | night | frighten, heartily *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **sleep** | past · perfect | sons *= son* | | | there | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **get** | could | sons *= son* | | | grass | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over it=Destination | | 10 | **dare** | past | Cinderlad | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **go** | to-infinitive | Cinderlad *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **happen** | past | everything | | | | | same *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/38/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)