--- title: But again the boy answered him: ‘My six brothers are hateful to my f… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But again the boy answered him: ‘My six brothers are hateful to my father because you came and stole the dates, and to-day my father shall see you, and my brothers shall see you, and all the people of the town, great and small, shall see you. Who acts: boy, six brothers, you, father. 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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 (boy, six brothers, you, father), 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:pg641:29:104 # text = But again the boy answered him: ‘My six brothers are hateful to my father because you came and stole the dates, and to-day my father shall see you, and my brothers shall see you, and all the people of the town, great and small, shall see you. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 hateful hateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 because because SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 dates date NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 54 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the boy | | father | | again | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | My six brothers | | | | | to my father; hateful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **steal** | past | you *not said here* | the dates | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location date=Theme | | 5 | **see** | shall | my father | you | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | shall | my brothers | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** | shall | all people of the town | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/105/) - ↑ back to [The Nunda, Eater of People](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/)