--- title: “Ah, I understand now,” muttered the good man, as he took the road h… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Ah, I understand now,” muttered the good man, as he took the road home; “but I think I have got you two rascals!” and he hurried on to the tavern with his basket under his arm, and the cock and the switch both inside. Who acts: good man, man. 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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 (good man, man), 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:pg3282:10:12 # text = “Ah, I understand now,” muttered the good man, as he took the road home; “but I think I have got you two rascals!” and he hurried on to the tavern with his basket under his arm, and the cock and the switch both inside. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 muttered mutter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 home home ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 rascals rascal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 tavern tavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 43 under under ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 switch switch NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 53 both both ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 inside inside ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** *in a quote* | present | the good man *= man* | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **mutter** *speech: express* | past | the good man | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past | man | the road | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the good man *= man* | the cock and the switch | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the good man *= man* | two rascals | you | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary rascal=Theme | | 6 | **hurry on** | past | man | | | the tavern | | with man's basket under man's arm | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tavern=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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/pg3282/10/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/13/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/)