--- title: The formula “youngest best,” in which the youngest of three brothers… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The formula “youngest best,” in which the youngest of three brothers succeeds after the others have failed, is one of the most familiar in folk-tales amusingly parodied by Mr. Lang in his _Prince Prigio_. Who acts: youngest, others. A sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXI. Childe R --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/12/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/) / [XXI. Childe Rowland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/) / 12 # English Fairy Tales, XXI. Childe Rowland., sentence 12 The formula “youngest best,” in which the youngest of three brothers succeeds after the others have failed, is one of the most familiar in folk-tales amusingly parodied by Mr. Lang in his \_Prince Prigio\_. **Who acts:** youngest, others · **What happens:** succeed, fail, be, parody · **To what, where:** one, folk tales This is a sentence of «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXI. Childe Rowland.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youngest, others), 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:pg7439:71:12 # text = The formula “youngest best,” in which the youngest of three brothers succeeds after the others have failed, is one of the most familiar in folk-tales amusingly parodied by Mr. Lang in his _Prince Prigio_. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 formula formula NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 nsubj _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 succeeds succeed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 after after SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 failed fail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 27 advmod _ _ 27 familiar familiar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 32 amusingly amusingly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 parodied parody VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 csubj _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:desc _ _ 36 Lang Lang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:desc _ _ 41 Prigio Prigio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **succeed** | present | youngest | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fail** | present · perfect | the others | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | youngest *not said here* | one | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **parody** | participle | | | | folk tales | | by Lang Mr.; in formula's Prigio Prince; amusingly *property* | tree rules | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/13/) - ↑ back to [XXI. Childe Rowland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/71/)