--- title: When they heard this the brothers set to work again to earn some mor… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they heard this the brothers set to work again to earn some more money, and when they had got enough they set about building a church, which should be as large and beautiful as the palace itself. Who acts: Populars, brothers, church. 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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 (Populars, brothers, church), 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:pg5615:20:45 # text = When they heard this the brothers set to work again to earn some more money, and when they had got enough they set about building a church, which should be as large and beautiful as the palace itself. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 earn earn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 14 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 15 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 22 enough enough ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 about about SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 as as ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 39 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Populars *= popular* | this | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | present | the brothers | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* | | | | again | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **earn** | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* | some more money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 5 | **get** | past · perfect | brothers *= brother* | | | | | enough *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **set** | present | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **build** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | a church | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset church=Product | | 8 | **is** | should | a church | | | | | as the palace church; large *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | a church *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/46/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)