--- title: Father Peter greeted the bridegroom, looking at him shrewdly, while… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Father Peter greeted the bridegroom, looking at him shrewdly, while the mother and daughter hastened to say all they knew in his favour, and appeared to be satisfied with him as a son-in-law. Who acts: Father, mother, friends. 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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 (Father, mother, friends), 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:pg2435:17:25 # text = Father Peter greeted the bridegroom, looking at him shrewdly, while the mother and daughter hastened to say all they knew in his favour, and appeared to be satisfied with him as a son-in-law. 1 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 shrewdly shrewdly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 while while SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 19 obj _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | Father | | the bridegroom | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridegroom=Theme | | 2 | **look** | gerund | Father *not said here* | | | | | at father; shrewdly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 3 | **hasten** | participle | the mother and daughter | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the mother and daughter *not said here* | all | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent all=Topic | | 5 | **know** | past | friends *= friend* | | | father's favour | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **appear** | past | Father *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | Father *not said here* | | | | | with father; satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **favour** | | father | | | | | | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/26/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/17/)