--- title: Then the two envious brothers came to him and said, ‘O king! there i… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the two envious brothers came to him and said, ‘O king! there is but one woman that is worthy of being your wife, and that is she who is the fairest in the whole world.’ Who acts: two envious brothers, one 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 (two envious brothers, one 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:pg5615:38:63 # text = Then the two envious brothers came to him and said, ‘O king! there is but one woman that is worthy of being your wife, and that is she who is the fairest in the whole world.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 O o INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fairest fair ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the two envious brothers | | king | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the two envious brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | one woman | | | | | worthy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of your wife | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | one woman | | | the whole world | | fair *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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/64/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/)