--- title: To whom the other answered, “Brother, let us forget those things; I… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: To whom the other answered, “Brother, let us forget those things; I heartily forgive you all that is past; you need not range up and down the world; you shall be welcome to live with me.” Who acts: other, us, you. 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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, us, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62868:2:23 # text = To whom the other answered, “Brother, let us forget those things; I heartily forgive you all that is past; you need not range up and down the world; you shall be welcome to live with me.” 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 forgive forgive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 obj _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 range range VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 down down ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the other | | | | | Brother *vocative*; whom *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | the other *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **forget** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | that things | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **forgive** *in a quote* | present | the other *= other* | you | | | | heartily *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | past *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **range up** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | the world *conj* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | you | | | | | welcome *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **live** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with the other *= other* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with i=Location | 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:** «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/24/) - ↑ back to [The Merchant and His Sons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/)