--- title: Then after a time he found it dull to sit so many hours by himself,… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then after a time he found it dull to sit so many hours by himself, thinking of nothing but how to pay the rent that was owing, and as the tavern across the road looked bright and cheerful, he walked in one day and sat down with his friends. Who acts: Father, church, rent. 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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, church, rent), 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:pg3282:9:11 # text = Then after a time he found it dull to sit so many hours by himself, thinking of nothing but how to pay the rent that was owing, and as the tavern across the road looked bright and cheerful, he walked in one day and sat down with his friends. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 17 obl _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 rent rent NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 owing owe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 tavern tavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 34 across across ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 38 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 49 down down ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Father | church | | | then; time | dull *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **sit** | to-infinitive | church *not said here* | | | | hour | by Father | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by himself=Location | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | church *not said here* | | | | | of nothing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pay** | to-infinitive | church *not said here* | the rent | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Asset | | 5 | **owe** | past · progressive | the rent | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | past | Father *not said here* | | | | | as the tavern across the road; bright *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **walk** | past | Father | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sit down** | past | Father *not said here* | | | | | with Father's friends | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/12/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/)