--- title: And the second brother said to himself as he listened, ‘Certainly he… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the second brother said to himself as he listened, ‘Certainly he has managed very badly, but I should like to see if I can’t do better, and win the princess for my own self.’ Who acts: second brother, brother, I. 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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 (second brother, brother, I), 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:pg5615:19:36 # text = And the second brother said to himself as he listened, ‘Certainly he has managed very badly, but I should like to see if I can’t do better, and win the princess for my own self.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Certainly certainly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 31 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the second brother | | brother | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **listen** | past | brother | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **manage** | present · perfect | brother | | | | | badly, certainly *property* | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **like** | should | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | I | | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **win** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the princess | | | | for my own self | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent princess=Theme for self=Beneficiary | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/37/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/)