--- title: Now the brother, who was in service in the King’s palace, had taken… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the brother, who was in service in the King’s palace, had taken a portrait of his sister, and he had carried the picture away with him, and every morning and evening he knelt down before it and prayed for his sister, so dearly did he love her. Who acts: brother, nose. 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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 (brother, nose), 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:pg540:47:38 # text = Now the brother, who was in service in the King’s palace, had taken a portrait of his sister, and he had carried the picture away with him, and every morning and evening he knelt down before it and prayed for his sister, so dearly did he love her. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 50 dearly dearly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the brother and service | | | service | | in the King's palace | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | the brother and service | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme portrait=Destination | | 3 | **carry away** | past · perfect | nose | the picture | | | | with King; away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme | | 4 | **kneel down** | past | nose | | | picture | morning | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before it=Location | | 5 | **pray** | past | nose *not said here* | | | | | for nose's sister | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for sister=Theme | | 6 | **love** | past · do-support | nose | mother | | | | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **portray** | | | King's sister | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/39/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)