--- title: But one day, as the brothers were as usual doing the honours to thei… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But one day, as the brothers were as usual doing the honours to their guests, an old man turned to them and said, ‘Yes, it is all most beautiful, but there is still something it needs!’ Who acts: brothers, old man, palace. 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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 (brothers, old man, palace), 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:pg5615:20:47 # text = But one day, as the brothers were as usual doing the honours to their guests, an old man turned to them and said, ‘Yes, it is all most beautiful, but there is still something it needs!’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 honours honour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 csubj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 34 advmod _ _ 34 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the brothers | one day *not said here* | | | | usual *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the brothers *not said here* | the honours | | | | to brothers's guests | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honour=Eventuality | | 3 | **turn** | past | a old man | | brothers *= brother* | | day | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to they=Trajectory | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | palace | | | | | all, beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | | something | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **need** | present | palace | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/48/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)