--- title: And the louder the elder called him, ‘Brother, little brother, come… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the louder the elder called him, ‘Brother, little brother, come to me,’ the swifter he fled after his brothers the wolves, and the heavier grew his skin, till, with a long howl, he vanished into the depths of the forest. Who acts: louder elder, brother, heavier. 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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 (louder elder, brother, heavier), 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:pg640:25:27 # text = And the louder the elder called him, ‘Brother, little brother, come to me,’ the swifter he fled after his brothers the wolves, and the heavier grew his skin, till, with a long howl, he vanished into the depths of the forest. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 swifter swifter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 24 after after ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 nsubj _ _ 33 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 till till NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 howl howl NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | the louder elder | | brother | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | the louder elder *not said here* | | me | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **flee** | past | brother | | | | after brother's brothers and the wolves | ' the swifter | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grow** | past | the heavier | brother's skin and till | | | | with a long howl | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent skin=Patient with howl=Instrument | | 5 | **vanish** | past | brother | | | the depths of the forest | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/28/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)