--- title: The brothers were quite willing to do this; so the lad got such shoe… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The brothers were quite willing to do this; so the lad got such shoes for his horse that the sticks and stones flew high up into the air as he rode away over the hills, and such a gold saddle and such a gold bridle that they could be seen glittering and glancing from afar. 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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, lad, sticks, youth), 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:pg540:38:15 # text = The brothers were quite willing to do this; so the lad got such shoes for his horse that the sticks and stones flew high up into the air as he rode away over the hills, and such a gold saddle and such a gold bridle that they could be seen glittering and glancing from afar. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 25 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 26 up up ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 42 det:predet _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 47 det:predet _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 advcl _ _ 53 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 xcomp _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 glancing glance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 53 conj _ _ 56 from from ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 afar afar NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the brothers | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 3 | **get** | past | the lad | such shoes | | | | for youth's horse | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme for horse=Beneficiary | | 4 | **fly** | past | the sticks and stones | | | | | into the air *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into air=Result | | 5 | **ride away** | past | youth | | | the hills | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over hill=Trajectory | | 6 | **see** | could · passive | | brothers *= brother* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **glitter** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **glance** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | from afar | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from afar=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/16/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)