--- title: Both the other brothers were quite satisfied, and praised him too, a… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Both the other brothers were quite satisfied, and praised him too, and as they were so fond of each other they all three remained at home and plied their trades: and as they were so experienced and skilful they earned a great deal of money. Who acts: other brothers, Brothers. 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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 (other brothers, Brothers), 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:pg5615:8:32 # text = Both the other brothers were quite satisfied, and praised him too, and as they were so fond of each other they all three remained at home and plied their trades: and as they were so experienced and skilful they earned a great deal of money. 1 Both both CCONJ CC _ 7 cc:preconj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 quite quite ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 19 obl _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 fixed _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obl _ _ 26 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 plied ply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 trades trade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 experienced experienced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 acl:relcl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 earned earn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the other brothers | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **praise** | past | the other brothers *not said here* | father | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Brothers *= brother* | | | | | of each; all three *obl*; fond *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **remain** | participle | | | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 5 | **ply** | past | | Brothers's trades | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent trade=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | Brothers *= brother* | Brothers's trades *not said here* | | | | experienced *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | Brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **earn** | past | Brothers *= brother* | a great deal of money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Theme | | 9 | **trade** | | Brothers *= brother* | | | | | | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **deal** | | | money | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/33/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/)