--- title: They set out all together, but as the two elder brothers were jealou… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They set out all together, but as the two elder brothers were jealous of the success of the youngest, they took the opportunity as they were passing by the shores of a lake to throw themselves upon him, seize the Golden Bird, and fling him in the water. Who acts: servants, two elder brothers. 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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 (servants, two elder 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:pg7277:21:69 # text = They set out all together, but as the two elder brothers were jealous of the success of the youngest, they took the opportunity as they were passing by the shores of a lake to throw themselves upon him, seize the Golden Bird, and fling him in the water. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 shores shore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 38 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 fling fling VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | servants *= servant* | | | | | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the two elder brothers | | | | | of the success; jealous *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past | servants *= servant* | the opportunity | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | | 4 | **pass** | past · progressive | servants *= servant* | | | | | by the shores of a lake | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by shore=Location | | 5 | **throw** | to-infinitive | servants *= servant* *not said here* | servants *= servant* | | | | upon brother | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme upon he=Destination | | 6 | **seize** | infinitive | servants *= servant* *not said here* | the Golden Bird | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme | | 7 | **fling** | infinitive | servants *= servant* *not said here* | brother | | the water | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in water=Destination | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/70/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Blackbird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/)