--- title: Next day the brothers were for setting out again, and this time too… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next day the brothers were for setting out again, and this time too Cinderlad begged them to let him go with them and see who rode; but no, they said he was not fit to do that, for he was much too ugly and dirty. Who acts: brothers, time, brother, lords. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/72/) [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/) / 72 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 72 Next day the brothers were for setting out again, and this time too Cinderlad begged them to let him go with them and see who rode; but no, they said he was not fit to do that, for he was much too ugly and dirty. **Who acts:** brothers, time, brother, lords · **What happens:** set out, beg, let, go, see, ride · **To what, where:** lords, brother, that · **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 (brothers, time, brother, lords), 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:pg503:48:72 # text = Next day the brothers were for setting out again, and this time too Cinderlad begged them to let him go with them and see who rode; but no, they said he was not fit to do that, for he was much too ugly and dirty. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 Cinderlad Cinderlad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 33 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 much much ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 too too ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past · progressive | the brothers | | | | again; day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | this time | | lords *= lord* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | brother | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | brother *not said here* | | | | | with lords *= lord* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **ride** | past | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lords *= lord* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **is** | past | brother | | | | | fit *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 10 | **is** | past | brother | | | | | ugly *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **be** | | brother *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/73/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)