--- title: So each of the princes did as the eldest brother had said, and when… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So each of the princes did as the eldest brother had said, and when the three birches were marked by their arrows they turned to their step-sister and asked her with which of them she meant to live. Who acts: each, eldest brother, arrows, brothers. A sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lan --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/15/) [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 Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Three Princes and Their Beasts (li…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/) / 15 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale), sentence 15 So each of the princes did as the eldest brother had said, and when the three birches were marked by their arrows they turned to their step-sister and asked her with which of them she meant to live. **Who acts:** each, eldest brother, arrows, brothers · **What happens:** do, say, mark, turn, ask, mean · **To what, where:** three birches, wolf · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (each, eldest brother, arrows, brothers), 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:pg641:5:15 # text = So each of the princes did as the eldest brother had said, and when the three birches were marked by their arrows they turned to their step-sister and asked her with which of them she meant to live. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 birches birch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 28 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | each | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the eldest brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mark** | past · passive | brothers's arrows | the three birches | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination | | 4 | **turn** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | to brothers's step sister *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sister=Result | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | wolf | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **mean** | past | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **live** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/16/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/)