--- title: So the elder stood still and looked back, and when the younger had g… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the elder stood still and looked back, and when the younger had got up to him, and had told him that he was his brother, he said: ‘But now, let us sit down and see what kind of food our mother has given us,’ and that they did. Who acts: elder, boy, us, brothers. 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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 (elder, boy, us, brothers), 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:pg540:44:72 # text = So the elder stood still and looked back, and when the younger had got up to him, and had told him that he was his brother, he said: ‘But now, let us sit down and see what kind of food our mother has given us,’ and that they did. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 advcl _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 But but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 43 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 44 det _ _ 44 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 ccomp _ _ 51 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the elder | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look back** | past | the elder *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **get up** | past · perfect | | | boy | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the elder *not said here* | | boy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | past | boy | boy's brother | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | now | | tree rules | | 8 | **sit down** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **see** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **give** | present · perfect · passive | | what kind of food | us | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient we=Theme | | 11 | **do** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/73/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)