--- title: Then the eldest brother replied, ‘The corn has all been cut, but it… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the eldest brother replied, ‘The corn has all been cut, but it has not yet been put into barns; let the knave collect all the grain in the kingdom into one big heap before to-morrow night, and if as much as a stalk of corn is left let him be put to death. Who acts: eldest brother, knave, King. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/87/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/) / 87 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1, sentence 87 Then the eldest brother replied, ‘The corn has all been cut, but it has not yet been put into barns; let the knave collect all the grain in the kingdom into one big heap before to-morrow night, and if as much as a stalk of corn is left let him be put to death. **Who acts:** eldest brother, knave, King · **What happens:** reply, cut, not put, let, collect, leave · **To what, where:** corn, barns, knave, grain, kingdom, stalk This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eldest brother, knave, King), 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:pg640:14:87 # text = Then the eldest brother replied, ‘The corn has all been cut, but it has not yet been put into barns; let the knave collect all the grain in the kingdom into one big heap before to-morrow night, and if as much as a stalk of corn is left let him be put to death. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 all all ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 19 yet yet ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 barns barn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 25 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 knave knave NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 37 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 39 before before ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 advcl _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 advcl _ _ 56 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 xcomp _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | the eldest brother | | | | then | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cut** | present · perfect · passive | | the corn | | | | all *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **not** **put** | present · perfect · passive | | corn | | barns | yet | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | the knave | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **collect** | infinitive | the knave *not said here* | all grain | | the kingdom | night | into one big heap | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent grain=Material into heap=Product | | 6 | **leave** | present · passive | | a stalk of corn | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | King | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **put** | infinitive · passive | King *not said here* | | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/88/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)