--- title: Father Grumbler was always accustomed to think of himself as so unlu… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Father Grumbler was always accustomed to think of himself as so unlucky that he did not know whether the Holy Man was not playing a trick upon him; but he took the basket without being polite enough to say either “Thank you,” or “Good-morning,” and went away. Who acts: Father, Holy 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 (Father, Holy 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:pg3282:9:27 # text = Father Grumbler was always accustomed to think of himself as so unlucky that he did not know whether the Holy Man was not playing a trick upon him; but he took the basket without being polite enough to say either “Thank you,” or “Good-morning,” and went away. 1 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 Grumbler Grumbler PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ _ 10 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 18 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 21 compound _ _ 21 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 without without SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 37 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ _ 38 enough enough ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 either either CCONJ CC _ 43 cc:preconj _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 “ " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 56 away away ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accustom** | past · passive | | Father | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | of Father | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Father | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **play** | past · progressive | the Holy Man | a trick | | | | upon Father | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | Father | the basket | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme | | 6 | **is** | gerund | Father *not said here* | | | | | enough, polite *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Father *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 9 | **go away** | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/28/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/)