--- title: “Come, take a glass to warm you this cold day,” said the woman, who… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Come, take a glass to warm you this cold day,” said the woman, who was anxious to keep him in a good temper, and as this was an invitation Father Grumbler never refused, he tossed it off and left the house. Who acts: woman, this, Father. 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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 (woman, this, Father), 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:pg3282:9:74 # text = “Come, take a glass to warm you this cold day,” said the woman, who was anxious to keep him in a good temper, and as this was an invitation Father Grumbler never refused, he tossed it off and left the house. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 36 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 Grumbler Grumbler PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 tossed toss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a glass | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme | | 3 | **warm** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | you | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | the woman | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the woman *not said here* | Father | | a good temper | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in temper=Location | | 7 | **is** | past | this | | | | | as a invitation | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **refuse** | past | Father | a invitation *not said here* | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme | | 9 | **toss off** | past | Father | basket | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 10 | **leave** | past | Father *not said here* | the house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/75/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/9/)