--- title: ‘I quite agree with you,’ answered the second brother, ‘and my advic… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I quite agree with you,’ answered the second brother, ‘and my advice is to eat up his loaf of bread, and then to refuse to give him a bit of ours until he has promised to let us put out his eyes or break his legs.’ Who acts: I, advice, Ferko, us. 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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 (I, advice, Ferko, us), 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:pg640:14:12 # text = ‘I quite agree with you,’ answered the second brother, ‘and my advice is to eat up his loaf of bread, and then to refuse to give him a bit of ours until he has promised to let us put out his eyes or break his legs.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 until until SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | I | | | | | with you | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | the second brother and ‘ | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent brother=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | present | my advice | | | | | eat *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **refuse** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | then | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a bit of ours | Ferko | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bit=Theme | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present · perfect | Ferko | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ferko *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **put out** | infinitive | us *not said here* | Ferko's eyes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent eye=Goal | | 9 | **break** | infinitive | us *not said here* | Ferko's legs | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/13/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)