--- title: At first the brothers were grateful for their liberty, but when they… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first the brothers were grateful for their liberty, but when they saw the youngest brother’s treasures they became jealous of his good fortune, and planned how to bring him to destruction, and then take the bird Grip, the princess, and the horse with the golden shoes, and convey them to their bli --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/52/) [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 Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/) / 52 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 52 At first the brothers were grateful for their liberty, but when they saw the youngest brother’s treasures they became jealous of his good fortune, and planned how to bring him to destruction, and then take the bird Grip, the princess, and the horse with the golden shoes, and convey them to their blind father. **Who acts:** brothers, horse, youngest brother · **What happens:** be, see, become, plan, bring, take · **To what, where:** treasures, prince, destruction, bird Grip, brothers, blind father This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, horse, youngest brother), 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:pg5615:15:52 # text = At first the brothers were grateful for their liberty, but when they saw the youngest brother’s treasures they became jealous of his good fortune, and planned how to bring him to destruction, and then take the bird Grip, the princess, and the horse with the golden shoes, and convey them to their blind father. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 planned plan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Grip Grip PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 convey convey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 57 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the brothers | | | | | for brothers's liberty; grateful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | brothers *= brother* | the youngest brother's treasures | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treasure=Stimulus | | 3 | **become** | past | brothers *= brother* | the youngest brother's treasures *not said here* | | | | jealous *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient treasure=Result | | 4 | **plan** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | prince | | destruction | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to destruction=Destination | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | the bird Grip | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument grip=Destination | | 7 | **convey** | infinitive | the horse with the golden shoes | brothers *= brother* | brothers's blind father | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic to father=Recipient | | 8 | **treasure** | | the youngest brother | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/53/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)