--- title: This has become such a habit with me that I don’t think I could brea… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This has become such a habit with me that I don’t think I could break myself of it; and, of course, if I got rid of the guitar I could never bring her back to life again.’ Who acts: This, I. 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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 (This, I), 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:pg5615:17:79 # text = This has become such a habit with me that I don’t think I could break myself of it; and, of course, if I got rid of the guitar I could never bring her back to life again.’ 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 6 det:predet _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 17 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 28 advmod _ _ 24 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 guitar guitar NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present · perfect | This | such habit with me | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | I | such habit with me *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent habit=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **break** | could | I | myself | | | | of habit | vn free-10.6.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer myself=Source of it=Theme | | 4 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | I | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **bring back** | could | I | impossible | | life | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to life=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/17/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/17/80/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/17/)