--- title: Then the two brothers mocked him just as they had done before, and t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the two brothers mocked him just as they had done before, and told him that they could see that he must have watched the grass very carefully that night, for he looked just as if he were walking in his sleep; but Cinderlad did not trouble himself about that, but just bade them go to the field a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/43/) [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/) / 43 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 43 Then the two brothers mocked him just as they had done before, and told him that they could see that he must have watched the grass very carefully that night, for he looked just as if he were walking in his sleep; but Cinderlad did not trouble himself about that, but just bade them go to the field and see. **Who acts:** two brothers, others, boy, Cinderlad · **What happens:** mock, do, tell, see, watch, look · **To what, where:** boy, grass, sleep, trouble, bade, field · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (two brothers, others, boy, 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:pg503:48:43 # text = Then the two brothers mocked him just as they had done before, and told him that they could see that he must have watched the grass very carefully that night, for he looked just as if he were walking in his sleep; but Cinderlad did not trouble himself about that, but just bade them go to the field and see. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 12 before before ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux _ _ 25 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 36 just just ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 Cinderlad Cinderlad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 50 nmod:unmarked _ _ 52 about about ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 just just ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 58 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mock** | past | the two brothers | boy | | | then | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | others *= other* | | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the two brothers *not said here* | | boy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | could | others *= other* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **watch** | must · perfect | boy | the grass | | | night | carefully *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Theme | | 6 | **look** | past | boy | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **walk** | past · progressive | boy | | | boy's sleep | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sleep=Trajectory | | 8 | **do** | past | Cinderlad | trouble boy | | | | about that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality | | 9 | **go** | present | | bade | | the field | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to field=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **sleep** | | boy | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/44/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)