--- title: ‘Yes,’ replied his mother, ‘that is what you must do—go with your el… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Yes,’ replied his mother, ‘that is what you must do—go with your eleven brothers out into the wood, and let one of you always sit on the highest tree you can find, keeping watch on the tower of the castle. Who acts: that, mother, you. 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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 (that, mother, you), 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:pg540:41:13 # text = ‘Yes,’ replied his mother, ‘that is what you must do—go with your eleven brothers out into the wood, and let one of you always sit on the highest tree you can find, keeping watch on the tower of the castle. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 — - PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 obj _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 33 advmod _ _ 33 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 keeping keep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 obj _ _ 43 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive · do-support | Benjamin's mother | | | the wood | | with your eleven brothers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | one | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | present | you | | | | | always *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **find** | can | you | | | the highest tree | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **keep** | gerund | | watch | | the tower of the castle | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme on tower=Location | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/14/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/)