--- title: At length the other brothers grew angry at seeing that he never came… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length the other brothers grew angry at seeing that he never came back without bringing two golden apples with him, and they went to consult an old witch, who promised to spy after him, and discover how he managed to get the apples. Who acts: other brothers, prince, brothers, old witch. 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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 (other brothers, prince, brothers, old witch), 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:pg641:7:18 # text = At length the other brothers grew angry at seeing that he never came back without bringing two golden apples with him, and they went to consult an old witch, who promised to spy after him, and discover how he managed to get the apples. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 at at SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 without without SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 18 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 spy spy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 41 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | the other brothers | | | length | | angry *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at length=Location | | 2 | **see** | gerund | the other brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **come back** | past | prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | gerund | prince *not said here* | two golden apples | | | | with prince | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent apple=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **consult** | to-infinitive | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | a old witch | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme | | 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | a old witch | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **spy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a old witch *not said here* | | | | after prince | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **discover** | infinitive | the other brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **manage** | past | prince | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **get** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | the apples | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apple=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/19/) - ↑ back to [The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/7/)