--- title: When the younger brother heard these words he said to himself, ‘So i… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the younger brother heard these words he said to himself, ‘So it was here that my brother lived, and this beautiful woman is my sister-in-law,’ but he kept silence, and let her believe he was indeed her husband. Who acts: younger brother, brother, word, beautiful woman. 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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 (younger brother, brother, word, beautiful woman), 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:pg5615:23:64 # text = When the younger brother heard these words he said to himself, ‘So it was here that my brother lived, and this beautiful woman is my sister-in-law,’ but he kept silence, and let her believe he was indeed her husband. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 So so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 25 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the younger brother | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brother | this words *not said here* | brother | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to himself=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | word | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | past | my brother | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | this beautiful woman | my sister | | law | | | tree rules | | 6 | **keep** | past | brother | silence | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silence=Theme | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | the younger brother *not said here* | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **believe** | infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is a** | past | brother | woman's husband | | | | indeed *property* | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/65/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/23/)