--- title: As the Holy Man had said, he had never eaten such a dinner; still, w… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As the Holy Man had said, he had never eaten such a dinner; still, when he had done, he shook his head, and grumbled; “Yes, there is plenty to eat, of course, but it only makes me thirsty, and there is not a drop to drink anywhere.” Who acts: Holy Man, Father, plenty. 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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 (Holy Man, Father, plenty), 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:pg3282:9:38 # text = As the Holy Man had said, he had never eaten such a dinner; still, when he had done, he shook his head, and grumbled; “Yes, there is plenty to eat, of course, but it only makes me thirsty, and there is not a drop to drink anywhere.” 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 4 compound _ _ 4 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 12 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 14 det:predet _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 still still ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 parataxis _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 grumbled grumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 36 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 38 obl _ _ 41 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 52 expl _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 acl _ _ 58 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the Holy Man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **eat** | past · perfect | Father | such dinner | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | Father | | | | still | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shake** | past | Father | Father's head | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **grumble** *speech: other* | past | Father *not said here* | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **eat** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | present | plenty | Father | | | | thirsty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material i=Product | | 8 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a drop | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **drink** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | anywhere *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/39/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/)