--- title: ‘A few of the cleverest had brought some slices of bread and butter… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘A few of the cleverest had brought some slices of bread and butter with them, but they did not share them with their neighbour, for they thought, “If he looks hungry, the princess will not take him!”’ Who acts: wits, row, princess. 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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 (wits, row, princess), 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:pg5615:9:81 # text = ‘A few of the cleverest had brought some slices of bread and butter with them, but they did not share them with their neighbour, for they thought, “If he looks hungry, the princess will not take him!”’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 cleverest clever ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 slices slice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 If if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 36 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | cleverest | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination slice=Theme | | 2 | **not** **share** | past · do-support | wits *= wit* | slices *= slice* | | | | with wits's neighbour | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | wits *= wit* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | row | | | | | hungry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | future | the princess | | row | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 6 | **slice** | | | bread | | | | | nom slice «possession 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/82/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/9/)